# Judith Alpi

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{{Short description|Chilean painter (1893–1983)}}{{Family name hatnote|Alpi|Ghirardi|lang=Spanish}}{{Infobox artist
| name             = Judith Alpi
| image            = Judith Alpi (Zig Zag, 1926) (cropped).png
| birth_place      = Santiago
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1893|3|3}}
| death_place      = Santiago
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1983|2|5|1893|3|3}}      
| known_for        = Portraiture
| notable_works    = Portraits of Laura Rodig; the work ''White Kimono''
| movement         = [Generación del 13](/source/Generaci%C3%B3n_del_13)
}}

'''Judith Alpi Ghirardi''' (3 March 1893 - 5 February 1983) was a Chilean painter and teacher, who was known for her work in [portrait](/source/portrait)ure. A member of [Generación del 13](/source/Generaci%C3%B3n_del_13), she exhibited nationally and internationally and was awarded prizes for her works. She produced several highly regarded portraits of the artist [Laura Rodig](/source/Laura_Rodig).

== Biography ==
Alpi was born in Santiago on 3 March 1893.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Judith Alpi - Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA |url=https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-40092.html |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl}}</ref> She studied at the School of Fine Arts in Santiago, where she was taught by [Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor](/source/Fernando_%C3%81lvarez_de_Sotomayor_y_Zaragoza), [Juan Francisco González](/source/Juan_Francisco_Gonz%C3%A1lez) and [Alberto Valenzuela Llanos](/source/Alberto_Valenzuela_Llanos).<ref name=":0" /> Known for her portraiture, and self-portraiture,<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Cortés Aliaga |first=Gloria |date=2013-10-16 |title=Estéticas de resistencia: Las artistas chilenas y la vanguardia femenina (1900-1936) |url=https://journals.openedition.org/artelogie/5341 |journal=Artelogie. Recherche sur les arts, le patrimoine et la littérature de l'Amérique latine |language=es |issue=5 |doi=10.4000/artelogie.5341 |issn=2115-6395|url-access=subscription }}</ref> she became a member of the movement known as [Generación del 13](/source/Generaci%C3%B3n_del_13).<ref name=":0" />

During this time Alpi was painted by [Elmina Moisan](/source/Elmina_Moisan).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itVUjM1eXWEC&dq=judith+alpi&pg=PA109 |title=Historia De La Pintura Chilena |publisher=Andres Bello |language=es}}</ref> Along with Moisan, Alpi exhibited her work alongside [Ximena Morla de Subercaseaux](/source/Ximena_Morla_Lynch), [Sara Camino](/source/Sara_Camino) ([es](/source/%3Aes%3ASarah_Malvar)), [Dora Puelma](/source/Dora_Puelma) and [Miriam Sanfuentes](/source/Miriam_Sanfuentes) from 1915 to 1916.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lO-ZbNCbkwQC&dq=judith+alpi&pg=PA196 |title=La Mujer Chilena |date=1972 |publisher=Andres Bello |language=es}}</ref> These works were shown in what were termed the 'Salons of Santaiago' and Alpi was one of the first six artists to exhibit in them.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-08-27 |title=Mujeres Bacanas {{!}} Judith Alpi (1893-1983) |url=https://mujeresbacanas.com/judith-alpi-1893-1983/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=Mujeres Bacanas |language=es-CL}}</ref> Prizes were awarded to Alpi, including: third prize medal in 1915; second prize in 1919, the portrait prize in 1924, and the first prize medal in 1926.<ref name=":2" /> She also exhibited internationally, for example at the Ibero-American Exhibition in Seville in 1929, where her work ''White Kimono'' was awarded a prize. She also showed work at the Exhibition of Contemporary Chilean Paintings and Sculptures in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) in 1953.<ref name=":3" />

Alpi was a lecturer at the School of [Plastic Arts](/source/Plastic_arts) at [Liceo Nº1 de Niñas](/source/Liceo_Javiera_Carrera) in Santiago.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bindis |first=Ricardo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjA4AQAAIAAJ&q=judith+alpi |title=Chilean painting, two hundred years |date=2006 |publisher=Origo |isbn=978-956-8077-34-1 |language=es}}</ref> She was also a founder National Society of Fine Arts, together with the painters Juan Francisco González and [Pedro Reszka](/source/Pedro_Reszka_Moreau).<ref name=":0" /> She died in Santiago on 5 February 1983.<ref name=":0" />

== Legacy ==
In 2017 the [Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Chilean_National_Museum_of_Fine_Arts) exhibited one of Alpi's portraits of the artist [Laura Rodig](/source/Laura_Rodig) as part of the exhibition ''Ellas por ellas mismas.''<ref name=":3" /> Her work today is recognised for its focus on women's identity - in particular the Rodig portraits are known for how they depict the complexity of the artist's character.<ref name=":1" />

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