The Miguel Urrutia Art Museum ( Spanish: Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU)) is an art museum in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The MAMU is part of the

Banrepcultural The Bank of the Republic ( es, Banco de la República) is the central bank of Colombia. It was initially established under the regeneration era in 1880. Its main modern functions, under the new Colombian constitution were detailed by Congres ...

Network along with the

Botero Museum The Botero Museum also known as Museo Botero is a museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. It houses one of Latin America's most important international art collections. It sees over 500,000 visitors annually, and of those 2,000 students per month. B ...

, the Gold Museum, the Luis Ángel Arango Library, and the Old Mint of Colombia in Bogotá.

History

In 2016, the museum changed its name from the Bank of the Republic Art Museum ( Spanish: Museo de Arte del Banco de la República) to the Miguel Urrutia Art Museum as an homage to Colombian economist and academic Miguel Urrutia Montoya.

Collection

The MAMU, alongside the Botero Museum, houses the Bank of the Republic Art Collection. Since 2013, the museum displays over 800 works of art in five curatorial departments.

First modern times (XVI–XVIII century)

Artists within this colonial-era include works by Antonio Acero de la Cruz, Angelino Medoro, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Younger,

Giovanni Francesco Maineri Giovanni Francesco Maineri or Gianfrancesco de' Maineri (active 1489–1506) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active in Ferrara. Putatively born in Parma to a painter Pietro de Maineri. He worked in Ferrara for the ruling Este family. H ...

, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, modern artist Marina Abramović, and anonymous artists from the Quito School and the Cusco School amongst others.https://www.banrepcultural.org/coleccion-de-arte/curaduria/los-primeros-tiempos-modernos File:Madonna y niño (1497) de Gianfrancesco de' Maineri.jpg,

, ''Madonna y niño'', 1497 File:Verano de Jan Van Kessel (El Viejo).jpg, Jan van Kessel the Elder, ''Summer'', 1640

Ruptures and Continuities (XIX century)

Colombian artists within this curatorial era include works by Ramón Torres Méndez, Andrés de Santa María,

Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona Francisco Antonio Cano (November 24, 1865 - May 10, 1935) was a very recognized Colombian painter, sculptor, writer, and engraver from Antioquia, who is famous for his works in which he portrays the cultural identity of the country and region. ...

, Ricardo Acevedo Bernal, and

Pedro José Figueroa Simón Bolívar, one of Pedro José Figueroa's portraits Pedro José Figueroa (1770–1838) was a Colombian portrait painter. Early life The portrait painter Pedro José Figueroa was born in 1770 in Bogotá, Colombia, where he later died in 1838 ...

amongst others.https://www.banrepcultural.org/coleccion-de-arte/curaduria/rupturas-y-continuidades International artists within this curatorial era include works by Chuck Close, Henry Price,

Vik Muniz Vik Muniz (; born 1961) is a Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working with unconventional m ...

François Désiré Roulin François Désiré Roulin (August 1796 – 5 June 1874) was a French naturalist, physician and illustrator born in Rennes. From 1815 to 1820, he studied medicine at the University of Paris. Roulin visited Colombia from 1822 to 1828, becoming an e ...

, Paul Gauguin, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros, and

Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez Felipe Santiago Gutiérrez (20 May 1824, Texcoco - 4 April 1904, Texcoco) was a Mexican painter, known primarily for portraits. He also worked in Colombia, for twenty years. Life and career After completing his primary education in his hometow ...

amongst others. File:Gauguin 1875 Iglesia rural (Eglise de Campagne).jpg, Paul Gauguin, the ''Eglise de Campagne'', 1875 File:Gutierrez-Indias.jpg,

, ''Indias de Oaxaca'', 1877

La Renovación Vanguardista (1910–1950)

Colombian artists within this curatorial era include works by

Josefina Albarracín Josefina Albarracín de Barba (1910–2007) was a Colombian sculptor. She was born in Bogotá, and studied at the capitol's Escuela de Bellas Artes. In 1940, she took part in the first Salón de Artistas Colombianos and won the third prize for h ...

, Rómulo Rozo,

Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo (Medellín, 30 December 1910 - Coveñas, 12 July 1970) was a Colombian painter, drawer, and muralist. Gomez Jaramillo was one of Colombia's most important artists of the 20th century. He was part of the Colombian Muralist ...

Sergio Trujillo Magnenat Sergio Trujillo Magnenat (February 21, 1911 – December 8, 1999) was a Colombian painter, illustrator and sculptor of Colombian father and Swiss mother. Biography At 15 years of age and took drawing classes at the night shift at the School ...

Marco Tobón Mejía Marco Tobón Mejía (1876-1933) was a Colombian sculptor, draughtsman, and painter. He lived in France for almost all his career, where he met and formed relationships with several prominent artists, including Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, a ...

Andrés de Santa Maria Andrés de Santa Maria (December 16, 1860 – April 29, 1945) was the most internationally known Colombian painter of his time and the pioneer of impressionism in Colombia. His work in solitary as a vanguardist painter frames the beginnings of mod ...

Hena Rodríguez Hena Rodríguez (20 May 1915 – 17 April 1997) was one of the first Colombian women to become a sculptor. She taught at the National University of Colombia and University of Los Andes (Colombia), University of Los Andes, before becoming the foun ...

Eladio Vélez Eladio Vélez was a Colombian painter, was born in Itagüí, Antioquia in 1897 and died in Medellin, Antioquia in 1967. He is considered one of the most representative artists in the city of Itagüí Pedro Nel Gómez Pedro Nel Gómez Agudelo (4 July 1899 — 6 June 1984) was a Colombian engineer, painter, and sculptor, best known for his work as a muralist, and for starting, along with Santiago Martinez Delgado, the Colombian Muralist Movement, inspired by ...

amongst others.https://www.banrepcultural.org/coleccion-de-arte/curaduria/la-renovacion-vanguardista International artists within this curatorial era include works by Rafael Barradas,

Pedro Figari Pedro Figari (June 29, 1861 – July 24, 1938) was a Uruguayan painter, lawyer, writer, and politician. Although he did not begin the practice until his later years, he is best known as an early modernist painter who emphasized capturing the e ...

, Joaquín Torres-García,

David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with ...

, and Armando Reverón amongst others. File:Rafael Barradas-Camarero.jpg, Rafael Barradas, ''Camarero'', 1918 File:Figuras bailando (1921) - Pedro Figari Solari.jpg,

, ''Figuras bailando'', 1921

Classics, Experimentals, and Radicals (1950–1980)

Colombian artists within this curatorial era include

Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political ...

Alejandro Obregón Alejandro Jesús Obregón Rosės (4 June 1920 – 11 April 1992) was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver. Biography Obregón was born in Barcelona, Spain. He was the son of a Colombian father and a Catalan mother. The Obregó ...

, Feliza Bursztyn,

Miguel Ángel Rojas ''Miguel Ángel Rojas'' is a Colombian conceptual artist born in Bogotá in 1946. His work includes drawing, painting, photography, installations and video and is often related to the sexuality, the marginal culture, the violence and problems in ...

, Antonio Caro,

Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (27 August 1922 – 24 August 2004) was a Colombian painter and sculptor. He is considered a pioneer of abstract, minimalist, and Constructivist art in Colombia, and in Latin America more broadly. Early life and edu ...

, Álvaro Barrios,

Omar Rayo Omar Rayo Reyes (January 20, 1928 – June 7, 2010) was a renowned Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, whi ...

Beatriz Gonzalez Beatriz González (born 1938) is a Colombian painter, sculptor, critic, curator and art historian. González is often associated with the Pop Art movement. She is best known for her bright and colorful paintings depicting life in Colombia during ...

Édgar Negret Édgar Negret (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012) was a Colombian abstract sculptor. Life Negret was born in Popayán, Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia, where he started his first studies in the year 1938 wit ...

, Fanny Sanín, Enrique Grau,

Olga de Amaral Olga de Amaral (born 1932) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. Because of her ability to reconcile local concerns with international development ...

, Lucy Tejada, Oscar Muñoz, and

Ana Mercedes Hoyos Ana Mercedes Hoyos (29 September 1942 – 5 September 2014) was a Colombians, Colombian painter, sculptor and a pioneer in modern art in the country. In her half-century of artistic works, she garnered over seventeen awards of national and inter ...

amongst others.https://www.banrepcultural.org/coleccion-de-arte/curaduria/clasicos-experimentales-y-radicales International artists within this curatorial era include

René Portocarrero René Portocarrero (born Havana, 24 February 1912; died Havana, 7 April 1985) was a Cuban artist recognised internationally for his achievements. History Portocarrero began his artistic education at the San Alejandro academy, but left early and ...

Francisco Toledo Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican Zapotec painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded a ...

Carlos Cruz-Diez Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist said by some scholars to have been "one of the greatest artistic innovators of the 20th century." Exhibitions * ''Physichromies de Cruz-Diez: Oeuvres de 1954 à 1965' ...

, Rufino Tamayo,

Jesús Rafael Soto Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany ...

Rogelio Polesello Rogelio Polesello (26 July 1939 – 6 July 2014) was an Argentine painter, muralist and sculptor. He was best known for making Op art (or optical art) known in Latin America. He won two Konex Awards; one in 1982 and another in 2012. He was born ...

Julio Le Parc Julio Le Parc (born September 23, 1928) is an Argentina-born artist who focuses on both modern op art and kinetic art. Le Parc attended the School of Fine Arts in Argentina. A founding member of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) and awa ...

, José Luis Cuevas, Fernando de Szyszlo, Vicente Rojo Almazán,

Julio Alpuy Julio Uruguay Alpuy (January 27, 1919 – April 5, 2009) was an Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and muralist. During his early career, Alpuy was a part of the Taller Torres-García (School of the South) and the constructive art movement. While his e ...

, and Louise Nevelson amongst others. File:Rain Garden Zag II.jpg, Louise Nevelson, ''Rain Garden Zag II'', 1977

Three decades of art in expansion (1980 to today)

Colombian artists within this curatorial era include works by Doris Salcedo, Oscar Muñoz,

Danilo Dueñas Danilo Dueñas (born 1956 in Cali, Colombia), has been a professor at the Art Department of the University of The Andes, the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Colombia and at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano Un ...

, Feliza Bursztyn, Juan Pablo Echeverri,

María Fernanda Cardoso María Fernanda Cardoso (born 1963) is a Colombian Australian artist. Her contemporary art references many types of ready-made material, including plastic, trash, plants, dried and living animals, bones and styrofoam. One of her most famous a ...

, Antonio Caro, and Álvaro Barrios amongst others.https://www.banrepcultural.org/coleccion-de-arte/curaduria/tres-decadas-de-arte-en-expansion International artists within this curatorial era include works by Ana Mendieta, Marta Minujín, Los Carpinteros, Cildo Meireles, Marco Maggi, Carlos Garaicoa, Alfredo Jaar, León Ferrari,

, and Gabriel Orozco amongst others.

Selected objects

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La Lechuga La Lechuga (English: ''The Lettuce'') is a monstrance made between 1700 and 1707 by José de Galaz for the of Bogotá, then part of the New Kingdom of Granada. It was paid for by a group of Jesuits, probably in order to hide the gems contained in ...

from 1700s File:Lugares en Fuga (A).jpg, Lugares en Fuga (A) (2012) by Fredy Alzate

References

{{reflist Museums in Bogotá Art museums and galleries in Colombia