"Emiliano Guiñazú" Provincial Museum of Fine Arts - Fader´s Home

Av. San Martín 3651 Major Drummond Located 18km. away from the capital city along national route No. 40
Tel. 0261-4960224
Summer timetable: open Tuesday through Fridays from 8:30a.m. to 1:30p.m. and from 2:30 to 6:30p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 9p.m.
Winter timetable: open Tuesdays through Fridays from 9a.m. to 6:30p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 7:30p.m.

Due to the quality of the works harbored by this museum, it is considered one of the most important in the country in the field of plastic arts. It owns no less than 51 of Fader´s paintings. This museum is the venue where all the awards, competitions and biennials organized in the province are held. It also housed international megaexhibitions such as those presenting the works of Guayasamín, Wilfredo Lam, Siqueiros, Carlos Alonso and, obviously, the great exhibition titled "Fader at Fader´s Home" in which 200 works by this brilliant artist were presented. The museum operates in the house that belonged to Emilio Guiñazú who bought the 95-hectare property in 1889 and refurbished it maintaining its original style. In 1904 he met Fernando Fader, who had just returned from studying painting in Europe, and commissioned him to paint the murals that still decorate the walls inside the house. Fader married Adela, Emilio Guiñazú´s daughter and, upon Guiñazú´s death, his widow donated the house to harbor the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts that had been created in 1927 and still had no fixed premises. This museum was inaugurated in 1951.

Luján de Cuyo
Luján de Cuyo lies only 16km. away from the city of Mendoza down the expressway of national route No. 40 (Southern Access). Close to the capital city there are important wineries and olive growing and processing establishments. The renowned Argentine painter, Fernando Fader, lived here.