The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos AIres is hosting a new sculpture exhibit featuring Argentine sculptures from 1895 to 1914. The sollection is part of a first collection of sculptures acquired by the museum’s founder Eduardo Schiaffino.

The collection includes works by renowned local names such as Arturo Dresco, Pedro Zonza Briano, Lucio Correa Morales, Mateo Alonso, Francisco Cafferata, Víctor de Pol.

Shiaffino wanted to create a space where students and artists would be in direct contat with each other and he wanted to exhibit great works of art. He also acquired and commissioned casts of emblematic sculptures, many by Auguste Rodin, Emile Bourdelle and Jules Lagae.

The exhibit can be visited until November 24 at the Museum of National Arts.  Av. Del Libertador 1473, Recoleta, Buenos Aires.