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National Art Gallery (Galeria de Arte Nacional)

Address: Avenida Mexico, Parque Central, Caracas, Located alongside the Museo de Bellas Artes, the National Art Gallery opened as recently as 2009, after some ten troubled years of building work, and was certainly well worth the wait. This art museum holds a staggering collection numbering more than 7,000 pieces, spanning around 500 years. Inside you will discover that there is everything here from pre-Hispanic art to contemporary masterpieces. Some of the most highly regarded artists exhibited here include the likes of Arturo Michelena, Armando Reveron, Carlos Cruz Diez and Jesus Rafael Soto.

The new, nearly completed National Art Gallery was inaugurated by Hugo Chávez in 2009 and now stands as Venezuela’s physically largest museum. Construction on its nearly 31,000 sq meters originally began in 1989 but was abandoned in the mid-’90s. Architect Carlos Gómez de Llerena persevered and construction resumed in 2006. Its exhibition galleries are complete and house a selection from the 7000-piece collection that embraces five centuries of Venezuelan artistic expression

Graffiti and street art in Caracas

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century. Rojas's styles varied considerably throughout his life, and he displayed talents in painting that ranged primarily for dramatic effect, to works done in the impressionist style

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) Self-portrait (1887)

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) El faisan. 1889

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) Estudio para El Purgatorio

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Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) Flores

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Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) Figura sentada Figura femenina

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Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) Naturaleza muerta con libro abierto, 1885

Aldemaro Romero (1928 –2007) was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor.In addition to his work in popular music, Romero was also involved in concert music. He founded the Caracas Philharmonic Orchestra in 1979, and was its first conductor. He also guest conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) La miseria (1886)

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) El bautizo

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) La taberna (1887)

Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) El plazo vencido (1887)

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Cristóbal Rojas (1857-1890) El violinista enfermo. Paris 1886

Cristóbal Rojas died on November 8 of 1890, around 5 weeks before his 33rd birthday.

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