The National Prize of Art of Chile, was created on November 9, 1942. It was awarded yearly since 1944 and alternated the mention among Painting or Sculpture, Music and Theatre. In 1992, it was replaced for the national prizes of Plastic Arts, Musical Arts and Arts of the Representation and Audiovisual, respectively.
List of prizewinners with the National Prize of Art:
1944 - Pablo Burchard Eggeling - Painting
1945 - Pedro Humberto Allende - Music
1946 - Alejandro Flores Pinaud - Theatre
1947 - Pedro Reszka Moreau - Painting
1948 - Enrique Soro Barriga - Music
1949 - Rafael Frontaura de la Fuente - Theatre
1950 - Camilo Mori Serrano - Painting
1951 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson - Music
1952 - Pedro de la Barra - Theatre
1953 - José Perotti Ronzoni - Sculpture
1954 - Próspero Bisquertt Prado - Music
1955 - Américo Vargas Vergara - Theatre
1956 - José Caracci Vignati - Painting
1957 - Alfonso Leng - Music
1958 - Jorge Quevedo Troncoso - Theatre
1959 - Benito Rebolledo Correa - Painting
1960 - Acario Cotapos Baeza - Music
1961 - José Rojas Ibarra - Theatre
1962 - Not awarded
1963 - Not awarded
1964 - Samuel Román Rojas - Sculpture
1965 - Carlos Isamitt Alarcón - Music
1966 - Pedro Sienna - Theatre
1967 - Laureano Ladrón de Guevara - Painting
1968 - Alfonso Letelier - Music
1969 - Ana González - Theatre
1970 - Marta Colvin - Sculpture
1971 - Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt - Music
1972 - Agustín Siré Sinobas - Music
1973 - Not awarded
1974 - Ana Cortés Jullian - Painting
1975 - Not awarded
1976 - Jorge Urrutia Blondel - Music
1977 - Not awarded
1978 - Pedro Mortheiru Salgado - Theatre
1979 - Carlos Pedraza Olguín - Painting
1980 - Víctor Tevah Tellias - Music
1981 - Fernando Debesa Marín - Theatre
1982 - Mario Carreño Morales - Painting
1983 - Claudio Arrau - Music
1984 - Ernest Uthoff Biefand - Ballet
1985 - Israel Roa Villagra - Painting
1986 - Federico Heinlein - Music
1988 - Silvia Piñeiro Rodríguez - Theatre
1990 - Roberto Matta - Painting
1992 - Juan Orrego-Salas - Music
