Herminia Arrate

Herminia Leonor del Carmen Arrate de Dávila (; 1 July 1896 – 12 March 1941) was a Chilean painter active in the United States and Santiago.

Early life and education Arrate was born on 1 July 1895 in Santiago to Colonel Miguel Arrate Larraín and Delia Ramírez de Arrate. Through her mother, Arrate was the granddaughter of Colonel Eleuterio Ramírez. In the summer of 1927, Arrate undertook a study trip to Europe with her daughters. In 1929, Arrate exhibited at a group exhibition at the Yorke Gallery in Washington D.C. and held a solo show at the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York in 1931.

Personal life On 10 August 1918, Arrate married Carlos Dávila, a journalist and later ambassador to the United States and Provisional President of Chile.

In December 1940, Arrate became critically ill in New York. On the orders of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Arrate was flown to Santiago by the United States Army.