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The Museo Pedro Coronel (in Spanish: Pedro Coronel Museum) is a Mexican
The Museo Pedro Coronel (in Spanish: Pedro Coronel Museum) is a Mexican art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership, be accessible to all, or have restrictions in place. Although ...
situated in the city of Zacatecas. It was founded in 1983 and is devoted to the exhibition of the collection donated by the Zacatecan painter that comprises art of distinct periods and countries.
History
The museum is located in the former Colegio de la Purísima Concepción or Colegio Grande founded by the jesuitas in the 17th century. Around the middle of the 18th century was remodelled, and after1776 Expulsion of the Jesuits
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
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was given to the dominicos. In the 19th century, it was used as a hospital, barracks and prison, uses that continued until the 1960s. In 1974, restoration was begun was performed works of rescue and restoration in the building with aims to allocate it to cultural activities. In 1983 the painter Pedro Coronel donated his artistic collection and accepted that it was exhibited to the public in this venue, opened with his current name on 8 May 1983.
Collection
* Art pieces of Greece, China, Japan, Italy and countries inAfrica
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and Oceania
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* Art pieces of authors like Chagall
Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; – 28 March 1985) was a Russian and French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with the School of Paris, École de Paris, as well as several major art movement, artistic styles and created ...
, Dalí, Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...
and Vasarely
Victor Vasarely (; born Győző Vásárhelyi, ; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.
His work titled ''Zebra'', created in 1937, i ...
* Historical Library "Elías Amador", with 20 000 volumes
See also
*List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have be ...
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