Carlos Pedraza Olguín

Carlos Pedraza Olguín (31 December 191330 November 2000) was a Chilean painter. He won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1979.

Pedraza was born in Taltal on 31 December 1913. The three of them began publishing Revista Nueva in 1935.

Pedraza was a member of the Generation of '40, a group of students who trained at the University of Chile and participated in the Official Salon of 1941. Other member included Augusto Barcia, Ximena Cristi, and Aída Poblete.

Pedraza was included in many group exhibits in Chile and abroad. Of special note are the 1942 exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art and the First São Paulo Biennial in 1956.

Pedraza died in Santiago on 20 November 2000.

Awards "Friends of Art" Award at the Salón Oficial de Artes Plásticas (1936) First Prize, Official Salon, Santiago (1941) First Medal Painting National Salon (1949) First prize, XVI Viña del Mar Summer Salon (1949) "Carlos Ossandón G." Office Award at the National Salon (1949) "Rafael Molina Gamboa" Award at the National Salon (1949) "University of Chile" Prize at Official Salon (1954) University of Chile Painting Prize at the Salón Oficial de Artes Plásticas (1964) National Art Prize (1979)