Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino | |
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| Established | 29 May 1925 |
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| Location | Plaza Francia, Lima |
| Type | Pinacotheca |
The Ignacio Merino Municipal Pinacotheca (Spanish : Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino), also known as the Pinacotheca of Lima (Spanish : Pinacoteca de Lima), is a pinacotheca housed in the Hospicio Manrique, [1] located at the Plaza Francia, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.
The museum was inaugurated in 1925, [2] under the presidency of Augusto B. Leguía and under the mayoralty of Pedro José Rada y Gamio, as the Pinacoteca Municipal. [3] It is named after Peruvian painter Ignacio Merino, and also serves as the largest collection of his paintings. [3] 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. [3]
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. [3]
In 2020, Fernando Torres, cultural manager of the museum, announced that its collection would be moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Lima. [2] As of 2023, however, this has not yet taken place, as the museum continues to reside in the Plaza Francia. [4]
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