page_title: José Manuel Ramírez Rosales
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: José Manuel Ramírez Rosales / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Street in Talara
context_page_description: José Manuel Ramírez Rosales, was a Chilean painter who was educated in France. He specialized in landscapes and maritime scenes, often with mythological elements. Although mostly involved in various business enterprises, he is remembered as Chile's first significant artist.
context_section_description: He was born to an aristocratic family that was related to the patriot, Juan Enrique Rosales. His first cousin was Vicente Pérez Rosales. In 1825, he was part of a group of young people from the upper ranks of Chilean society who sailed to Europe with Don Mariano Egaña; a trip that was later described by Pérez Rosales in his book, Recuerdos del pasado (Times Gone By). 
  After a stay in London, they arrived in Paris and enrolled in a school for Spanish-Americans run by Manuel Silvela. Ramírez initially studied music and art, and finally settled on studying the latter. He worked with Jean-Charles-Joseph Remond, who introduced him to landscape painting derived directly from contact with nature. Eventually, he became a friend and associate of Raymond Monvoisin.
  He returned to Chile in 1836 and settled in Valparaíso. Never becoming a full-time painter, he also dabbled in business enterprises with his brother, Juan Enrique, and engaged in various other adventures. In this capacity, he got together with a young Englishman from Yorkshire named John Sampson and sailed to California in 1849, to join the Gold Rush.
caption: A Street in Talara.
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