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 located at the Plaza Francia, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.
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]