page_title: Nemesio Antúnez
section_title: Murals
hierarchical_section_title: Nemesio Antúnez / Murals
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mosaicos de Nemesio Antúnez inspirados en los ceramios de Quinchamalí; Galería Juan Esteban Montero (une las calles Huérfanos con San Antonio en Santiago de Chile)
context_page_description: Nemesio Antúnez Zañartu was an influential Chilean painter and engraver who founded Workshop 99.
context_section_description: Antunez painted fifteen murals in total, only five of which are in Chile. Four are in Santiago - Luna, Quinchamalí, Sol and Terremoto - while one, No. 16, Bailarines con volantinesis, is in the Open-air museum of Valparaíso. Santiago's murals in Chile were declared national monuments in 2011, but their condition leaves something to be desired.
  Terremoto ('earthquake'), painted in 1958, is over 30 square meters, and covers the whole vestibule wall of the Nile Cinema. The mural has visible cracking produced during the Earthquake in 2010.
  In even worse conditions is Quinchamalí (1958) at the Juan Esteban Montero Gallery: the paint of the mural is peeling and warping due to the humidity. The art restorer Carolina Broschek maintains that the mural can be saved, but the owner of the building on which it is painted, Yusif Tala, opined that the Nemesio Antúnez Foundation should take care of the painting or move it to another place, as has no interest in preserving it.
  In the same gallery, besides the mural, Antúnez installed floor mosaics which are still in perfect condition.
  The murals Sol and Luna have been more fortunate. Commissioned in 1955, they adorn the space between the Gran Palace cinema and theater. The murals incorporate gold and silver threads and sheets. Pablo Novoa, manager of the Gran Palace hotel, says that restoration will begin in 2015.
caption: Mosaics inspired by Quinchamalí ceramics; Juan Esteban Montero Gallery.
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