Abstract

The article focuses on the Italian artistic production in Chile, collected on the pages of the first work of the “Circolo degli Artisti” of Santiago, Gl’Italiani in Cile. Arti, Lettere, Scienze, published in 1906, on the occasion of the Milan International Exhibition of the same year. We will first analyse the stages that led to the formation of this “Circolo” on the pages of the ethnic newspaper La Voce della Colonia; in particular, we will dwell on the articles written by the gazette’s director, Annibale Visconti, in which the news of the International Exhibition appeared for the first time. In addition, we will examine that work’s content concerning us, showing the most representative works of the Italian community resident in Chile, in different areas, such as painting, photography, literature, and sculpture.