Pinacotheca Of Lima
History
The museum was inaugurated in 1925, under the presidency of Augusto B. Leguía and under the mayoralty of Pedro José Rada y Gamio, as the Pinacoteca Municipal. It is named after Peruvian painter Ignacio Merino, and also serves as the largest collection of his paintings. 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.
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.
In 2020, Fernando Torres, cultural manager of the museum, announced that its collection would be moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Lima. As of 2023, however, this has not yet taken place, as the museum continues to reside in the Plaza Francia.
See also
References
- ^ Planas, Enrique (2021-04-23). "El antes y el después del Hospicio Manrique: un nuevo centro cultural para el corazón del Centro Historico de Lima". El Comercio.
- ^ Rodriguez Bazalar, Juan Diego (2019-07-29). "La Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino: el tesoro que muchos limeños desconocen". El Comercio.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Centro Histórico de Lima, una experiencia cultural para todos los visitantes". Gob.pe. Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima. 2023-02-26.
