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| Established | 1930 |
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| Location | Prado, Montevideo ( Uruguay) |
| Type | Municipal |
| Director | Cristina Bausero |
| Website | blanes |
Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts (Spanish : Museo de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes) is a museum in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay.
The Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts is located at Avenida Millan 4015, in the neighbourhood of Prado, Montevideo, in a Palladian villa designated a National Heritage Site in 1975. The villa was originally designed in 1870 by Juan Alberto Capurro, an engineer trained at the Turin Polytechnic, for the then-owner Dr. Juan Battista Raffo. The surrounding garden reveals elements of French landscape design. The municipality acquired the villa in 1929, when it commissioned the architect Eugenio Baroffio to renovate and expand the building. Baroffio maintained the eclecticism of the original design, leaving the facade intact. The museum was founded in 1930, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first Constitution of Uruguay, and named after the patriotic Uruguayan artist, Juan Manuel Blanes. [1]
This property has a big park full of ancient trees, on the shore of the Miguelete Creek.
Behind the museum can be found the Japanese Garden.
The museum displays Uruguayan art ranging from the nation's founding to the present day, including the works of Juan Manuel Blanes, Pedro Figari, Rafael Barradas, José Cúneo, and Carlos González. [2]
The museum is open from noon to 5:45 p.m. every day from Tuesday through Sunday. It does not charge admission.
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi). Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.
Prado is a barrio and a major public park in Montevideo, Uruguay. Together with Nueva Savona, they form the Prado - Nueva Savona composite barrio. Prado is also the name given to all the park areas on both sides of Miguelete Creek, limited by the bridge of Agraciada Avenue over the river to the south and by Millan Avenue to the northeast.
Juan Manuel Blanes was a Uruguayan painter of the Realist school.
Manuel Espinosa was an Argentinian painter.
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.
Parque Prado is the largest of Montevideo's six principal public parks. Established in 1873, it covers an area of 106 hectares and is located in the barrio of Prado. Located in the northern part of the city, the Miguelete Creek flows through the neighbourhood and park of the same name.
Miguelete Creek is a Uruguayan stream, crossing Montevideo Department. It flows into the Bay of Montevideo and then into the Río de la Plata. It has a very significant history behind, since colonial times.
Carlos Federico Sáez was an artist from Uruguay.
Reinaldo Giudici was an Italian-born Argentine painter, best known for his early genre works in the Costumbrismo style.
The Japanese Garden of Montevideo is located in the Prado neighbourhood of Montevideo, behind the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum.
María Freire was a Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and art critic. She was one of the leading figures in the development of concrete art and non-figurative art in Uruguay. She was a co-founder the Grupo de Arte No Figurativo.
Elvira Lacy Duarte Cardoso was a Uruguayan visual artist.
Cecilia Vignolo is a Uruguayan visual artist, teacher, and communicator.
Anhelo Hernández Ríos was a Uruguayan plastic artist and teacher.
Dumas Oroño was a Uruguayan artist, cultural manager, and teacher. His artistic work spanned several disciplines, including painting, engraving, ceramics, murals, and jewelry design.
Margaret Whyte is a Uruguayan visual artist.
María Helena García Brunel was an Uruguayan painter also known as Helena Brunel. She was a member of the Taller Torres García art group and participated in the creation of the murals of the Saint Bois Hospital.
Luis Queirolo Repetto was a notable Uruguayan painter, recognized primarily for his portrait work.
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