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Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico. [11] The largest art museum in the Caribbean, [12] it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. [13] [14] [15] It was the first museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. [9] [16]
The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, abbreviated MAPR [1]) is an art museum in Santurce, a barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 18 exhibition halls. [2] The museum is located in a historic building, formerly occupied by the San Juan Municipal Hospital. [3]
Galería Nacional (National Gallery) located in Old San Juan within the historic colonial section of the capital of Puerto Rico, houses the largest collection of Puerto Rican paintings from the eighteenth century to the 1960s. The museum is located in the restored Saint Aquinas monastery of the Dominican Order.
Puerto Rican art is the diverse historic collection of visual and hand-crafted arts originating from the island. The art of the Puerto Ricans (Spanish: puertorriqueños or boricuas) draws from the various cultural traditions of the indigenous Taino people, as well as the history of the island as the subject of various other nations.
Ángel Botello. Ángel Botello (June 20, 1913 – November 11, 1986), full name Ángel Botello y Barros, was a Spanish-Puerto Rican painter, sculptor and graphic artist.He was dubbed "The Caribbean Gauguin" for his use of bold colors and depictions of island life.
Ponce Museum of Art: Ponce: Art Largest art museum in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean with a comprehensive collection on European, Puerto Rican and Latin American paintings with one of the largest Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Americas. First Puerto Rican museum to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The museum's collection of Puerto Rican and Antillean archaeology is one of the most comprehensive in the Caribbean. [2] The museum collections also include paintings, drawings, sculptures, philately, historic documents, numismatics and ethnographic objects. It also houses a specialized comprehensive archive of Puerto Rican art. [1] Museum ...
The museum was founded by artists and sponsors of the civil society and was officially instituted on October 8, 1984 as a non-profit organization. After its incorporation, the Museum offered its services in public spaces like Plaza Las Américas and amongst offices of known contributors.