Born in Chile, Huidobro established himself as a poet at an early age. In 1914, he published his artistic vision in Non Serviam. After travelling to Buenos Aires, he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with Apollinaire, Breton and Cocteau, and contributed to the review Nord-Sud. He also met Picasso, Miró, Picabia and other figures of the avant-garde. He contributed to Tristan Tzara’s magazine Dada and collaborated with Le Corbusier and Ozenfant on L’Esprit Nouveau. In 1921, he founded Creación: Revista Internacional de Arte in Madrid. He returned to Chile in 1932 and, in 1936, signed the Manifeste dimensioniste, alongside Picasso, Arp, Kandinsky and the Delaunays. In 1944, he launched a new magazine, Actual. He died in 1948, having suffered a stroke the previous year.