Notes

Another study of a barn, titled Ranchos in Parral can be found in the National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.

Luis Strozzi Mauguet was born in Santiago to an artistic family of European descent. While he was largely self-taught, he received some guidance from Nicanor González Méndez at a night school for the development of workers in the manufacturing sector. Strozzi-Mauguet was best known as a landscape painter and was influenced by Alberto Valenzuela Llanos and Juan Francisco González, who are considered two of Chile’s great painting masters.

Strozzi-Mauguet was recognised by academic critics during his lifetime. However, it is only since his death in 1967 that he has become highly considered as a landscape painter of great proficiency and sensitivity.