In 1908, Spanish artist Fernando Alvarez Sotomayor (1875-1960) arrived in Santiago to fill in the vacant space as Chair of Nature Drawing, Color, and Composition at the School of Fine Arts, after the death of Cosme San Martin (1850-1906). The new master found a group of enthusiastic students Who would become his disciples during his short stay. Paschin Bustamante(1890-1934) was part of this group, known as Generacion del Centenario. These Galician mister, and shared a common interest in popular local themes. Today, they are recognized as the Generacion of 131, after an exhibition they set up that year. They are considered the founders of Painting that is strictly Chilean and the initiation of Chilean Social Artis attributed to them. Paschin, driven by his desire of originality and modern renovation searched for alternatives to Painting, which took him towards Applied Arts. He went on to form part of the group of artists that, after the closure of the School of Fine Arts in 1929, traveled to ( Europe to study the trades that were thought would boost the development of the industry in Chile. Bustamante was one of the masters during the first years of the School of Applied Arts, a school that with 40 years of existence should be regarded as the parent school of Design in our country.