MANOS DE MUJER: REBECA MATTE BELLO Y SU MUJER, 1875-1929

Santiago de Chile: Origo, 2008. b/w ports., plates, bibl., indices, hardback, d.j. A MAJOR study on the life and work of Matte Bello (Chile, 1875-1929). Her sculptures brought the first modernist influence to Chile. The very petit woman was best kown for her monumental sculptures. One of her monuments "The War" in The Hague International Court, was placed there in the year 1914, inmediatly before the begining of the First World War. The genesis of this monument in the personal and diplomatic Chilean correspodence, shows that, Rebeca Matte, anticipated, not the peace, but suffering, destruction and death. While she was popular in her time, her importance was soon forgotten and only recently found renewed interest. The author has spend 12 years of research in a catalogue documentings the sculptures is also available also available.