National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) ( es, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in
Parque Rodó
Parque Rodó is both a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the barrio itself and belongs to Punta Carretas. The name "Rodó" has been given in memory of José Enrique Rodà ...
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Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
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Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.
This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artworks. Among them are works by
Olga Piria,
Rafael Barradas
Rafael Pérez Giménez Barradas (4 January 1890 in Montevideo – 12 February 1929 in Montevideo), was an Uruguayan modernist painter and graphic artist who worked in Spain.
Biography
His parents were immigrants from Spain. His older sister, Ca ...
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JoaquÃn Torres GarcÃa
JoaquÃn or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim.
Given name
* JoaquÃn (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder
* JoaquÃn (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger
* JoaquÃn (footballer, born 1982), ...
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José Cúneo,
Carlos Federico Sáez,
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 ev ...
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Juan Manuel Blanes
Juan Manuel Blanes (June 8, 1830 – April 15, 1901) was a noted Uruguayan painter of the Realist school.
Life and work
Blanes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1830. He was raised by his mother, with whom he relocated to the countryside in hi ...
and artist
Pablo Serrano
Pablo Serrano Aguilar, (8 March 1908, Crivillén, Teruel – 26 November 1985, Madrid) was a Spanish abstract sculptor.
Personal life
1920–1925. Pablo Serrano studied as a boarder in the Escuelas Profesionales Salesianas in Sarriá (Barcel ...
who lived in Montevideo for twenty years.
The museum also hosts temporary shows, in many cases foreign artists' itinerant exhibitions.
Exhibitions
* 1, ground floor. surface: 152 m
2
* 2, ground floor. Area: 1015 m
2
* 3, first floor. Surface: 110 m
2
* 4, first floor. Surface: 634 m
2
* 5, room, upstairs. Surface: 570 m
2
* ''Conference Room'', ground floor, with a capacity of 174 seats. Primarily designed for video conferences.
* ''Library,'' upstairs. Monday to Friday from 11 to 17 hours, focused on art, with more than 8,000 volumes.
National Museum of Visual Arts (MNAV), Uruguay
Retrieved September June 2009
* ''Garden,'' designed by landscape architect Leandro Silva Delgado Uruguay.
Directors
See also
* List of museums in Uruguay
This is a list of museums in Uruguay.
* Museo del Hombre y la TecnologÃa
* Juan Manuel Blanes Museum
* Museo de la Casa de Luis Alberto de Herrera
* Museum of the sea (Uruguay)
* Museo Torres GarcÃa
* National Museum of Natural History, Ur ...
References
External links
Official website
Art museums established in 1911
Museums in Montevideo
Art museums and galleries in Uruguay
1911 establishments in Uruguay
Parque Rodó, Montevideo
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