The Tigre Art Museum Intendant Ricardo Ubieto (), formerly the Tigre Club, is an art museum stands on the banks of the Luján River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, Argentina.
The museum is named after :es:Ricardo Ubieto (1933–2006),mayor of Tigre Partido between 1979–1983, and 1987–2006.Ricardo Ubieto, un Intendente que quedará en la historia de Tigre por siempre on tigrenoticias.com.ar. 16 Nov 2021Ricardo J. Ubieto on fundacionkonex.org
History
The club's building, built next to the Tigre Hotel (demolished in 1942), was financed by Ernesto Tornquist and was designed by French architects Paul Eugéne PaterPater, Pablo Eugenio on modernabuenosaires.org and Luis DuboisTigre Club by Sergio López Martínez on argentina.gob.ar. It was opened on 13 January 1912.
Opened shortly after an adjacent hotel established in 1890, the Tigre Club served as a social venue for the rich and famous. The two-story building features mezzanines and large windows on most facades. Its primary first-floor salon contains frescoes painted by Spanish artist Julio Vila y Prades (1875–1930), while the interior features marble staircases, Venetian mirrors, and French chandeliers.
A casino operated there from 1927 until 1933, on clarin.com when it was transferred to Mar del Plata after a law was passed prohibiting the existence of a casino so close to Buenos Aires. The closing of the casino and the international crisis brought about a considerable loss of visitors. After Tigre Hotel was destroyed by fire in the 1930s and finally demolished in 1942Tigre Hotel y Tigre Club on arcondebuenosaires.com.ar, Tigre Club continued to function as a restaurant with live shows but it never recovered its former glory.
In 1979 the Tigre Club was declared a National Historic Monument. After extensive restoration it now houses the Tigre Municipal Museum of Fine Art (Museo de Arte Tigre), opened in 2006.In Argentina, Touring the Tigre Delta New York Times. 24 November 2010 The museum houses an extensive collection of Argentine art.
Building style The building is distinguished by its prominent roofline, featuring corner turrets, a small observation tower, and zinc cresting with pinnacles; its broken-pitch roof slopes blend the classic French mansard style with the Picturesque aesthetic—a style typical of the grand estates and seaside resorts of the era, such as those in Mar del Plata. The lavish interior décor incorporates marble, cast-iron sculptures from the Val d’Osne foundry, Venetian mirrors, Baccarat crystal chandeliers, stained glass, and bronze accents, as well as a dome featuring a *marouflage* painting by the Valencian artist Julio Vila-Prades.
The social building connects to the Luján River via a dramatic T-shaped pier-pavilion with rounded ends; its expansive raised terrace features a sinuous balustrade lined with lampposts, while the lower, gallery-lined walkway—supported by paired columns and arches—integrates seamlessly with the Paseo Victorica gardens and the natural landscape of the Delta.
Gallery
References
External links
Catalogue of Monuments