Pinacotheca_of_Lima

Pinacotheca of Lima

Pinacotheca of Lima

Pinacotheca in Peru


The Ignacio Merino Municipal Pinacotheca (Spanish: Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino), also known as the Pinacotheca of Lima (Spanish: Pinacoteca de Lima), is a pinacotheca located at the Plaza Francia, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.

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History

Inauguration in 1925.

The museum was inaugurated in 1925,[1] under the presidency of Augusto B. Leguía and under the mayoralty of Pedro José Rada y Gamio, as the Pinacoteca Municipal.[2] It is named after Peruvian painter Ignacio Merino, and also serves as the largest collection of his paintings.[2] However, the collection of Merino's works exists since 1876, when 56 paintings and a briefcase with other works were brought from Paris to Lima, as per his will.[2]

In addition to Merino's works, it also houses paintings by Francisco Laso, Daniel Hernández Morillo, Teófilo Castillo, José Sabogal, Tilsa Tsuchiya, Ángel Chávez, Fernando De Szyszlo, and others.[2]

In 2020, Fernando Torres, cultural manager of the museum, announced that its collection would be moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Lima.[1] As of 2023, however, this has not yet taken place, as the museum continues to reside in the Plaza Francia.[3]

See also


References

  1. Rodriguez Bazalar, Juan Diego (2019-07-29). "La Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino: el tesoro que muchos limeños desconocen". El Comercio.
  2. Contreras M., Daniel; Arias Rojas, Teresa (2019). SOLO PARA CURIOSOS. Origen de los museos en el Perú (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima. p. 79. ISBN 978-9972-726-27-9.

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