{{Short description|Pinacotheca in Peru}} {{Infobox museum | name = Pinacotheca of Lima | native_name = Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino | native_name_lang = es | image = Plaza Francia 21 (9).jpg | caption = | established = {{start date|1925|05|29|df=y}} | location = [[Plaza Francia, Lima]] | type = [[Pinacotheca]] | director = | owner = }} The '''[[Ignacio Merino]] Municipal Pinacotheca''' ({{langx|es|Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino}}), also known as the '''Pinacotheca of Lima''' ({{langx|es|Pinacoteca de Lima}}), is a [[pinacotheca]] housed in the '''Hospicio Manrique''',<ref>{{Cite news |title=El antes y el después del Hospicio Manrique: un nuevo centro cultural para el corazón del Centro Historico de Lima |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/arte/el-antes-y-el-despues-del-hospicio-manrique-un-nuevo-centro-cultural-para-el-corazon-del-centro-historico-de-lima-noticia/ |last=Planas |first=Enrique |date=2021-04-23 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> located at the [[Plaza Francia, Lima|Plaza Francia]], part of the [[historic centre of Lima]], [[Peru]].
==History== [[File:Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino 1925.jpg|thumb|left|Inauguration in 1925.]] The museum was inaugurated in 1925,<ref name=Rodriguez>{{Cite news |title=La Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino: el tesoro que muchos limeños desconocen |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/arte/pinacoteca-municipal-ignacio-merino-tesoro-limenos-desconocen-noticia-659951-noticia/ |last=Rodriguez Bazalar |first=Juan Diego |date=2019-07-29 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> under the presidency of [[Augusto B. Leguía]] and under the mayoralty of [[Pedro José Rada y Gamio]], as the ''Pinacoteca Municipal''.<ref name=Contreras>{{Cite book |title=SOLO PARA CURIOSOS. Origen de los museos en el Perú |last=Contreras M. |first=Daniel |publisher=[[Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima]] |year=2019 |isbn=978-9972-726-27-9 |edition=1st |location=Lima |pages=79 |language=es |url=https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/MUNILIBRO19.pdf |last2=Arias Rojas |first2=Teresa}}</ref> It is named after Peruvian painter [[Ignacio Merino]], and also serves as the largest collection of his paintings.<ref name=Contreras/> 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.<ref name=Contreras/>
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.<ref name=Contreras/>
In 2020, Fernando Torres, cultural manager of the museum, announced that its collection would be moved to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Lima]].<ref name=Rodriguez/> As of 2023, however, this has not yet taken place, as the museum continues to reside in the Plaza Francia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/munilima/noticias/718343-centro-historico-de-lima-una-experiencia-cultural-para-todos-los-visitantes |title=Centro Histórico de Lima, una experiencia cultural para todos los visitantes |date=2023-02-26 |website=[[Gob.pe]] |publisher=[[Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima]]}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Iglesia de la Recoleta (Lima)]] *[[Statue of Liberty (Peru)]]
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