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Manolita Piña
Manolita Piña Torres-Garcia ("née Rubies "24 February 1883 – 11 June 1994) was the Catalan wife of Joaquín Torres García. She was known as "Doña Manolita" in Uruguay." "She was considered to be an "inseparable companion" to Torres García, accompanied him to conferences, exhibitions and supported all of his artistic endeavors. In many ways, she was "like his shadow." Founder of the museum, the Museo Torres Garcia in Montevideo.
Biography.
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Museo Torres García
The Museo Torres García is located in the historic Ciudad Vieja (Old Town) of Montevideo where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist paintings akin to Picasso's paintings, painted by Joaquín Torres García are exhibited. The museum was established by Manolita Piña Torres, the widow of Torres Garcia after his death in 1949 who also set up the García Torres Foundation, a private non-profit organization which organizes the paintings, drawings, original writings, archives, objects and furniture designed by the painter as well as