Colección de arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Marcelo Eduardo Pacheco

Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (Argentina 1921-2012), the chairwoman and chief stockholder of the leading manufacturer of cement Loma Negraʺ and considered one of the wealthiest women in Argentina, was known for being a major art collector and philanthropist throughout the 20th century. The late Amalitaʺ amassed a large art collection that includes artworks by Argentine artists such as Pirilidiano Pueyrredón, Emilio Pettoruti, Xul Solar, Marta Minujín, Luis Felipe Noé, Antonio Berni, Liliana Porter, Jorge de la Vega, Raquel Forner, Horacio Butler, Raul Soldi, amongt others and works by International artist like: Johan Moritz Rugendas, Fernando Fader, Pedro Figari, Salvador Dalí, Juan Manuel Blanes, Gustav Klimt, Roberto Matta Echaurren, Jan Brueghel I, Pieter Brueghel II, J.M.W. Turner, Andy Warhol and more. The collection includes a selection of Egyptian antiquities and Byzantine mosaics.