The Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or MASP, was inaugurated on October 2, 1947, by Assis Chateaubriand and Pietro Maria Bardi. October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pietro Maria Bardi was the curator of the São Paulo Art Museum, Brazil. ...

MASP is the most important museum of Brazil, having an extensive collection of paintings, but also of sculptures gathered since the end of the World War. Located in São Paulo, it was created by Pietro Maria Bardi (an Italian journalist) and his wife, Lina Bo Bardi (an architect, who studied in Rome)., and financed by donations from wealthy Brazilian people mainly from the state of São Paulo. This financing was quite colourful, sometimes amounting to sheer extortion by Brazil's most famous press magnate, Assis 'Chatô' Chateaubriand, also nicknamed 'The King of Brazil'. A world war is a military conflict affecting the majority of the worlds countries. ... Sao Paulo and São Paulo (city) redirect here. ... Pietro Maria Bardi was the curator of the São Paulo Art Museum, Brazil. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... An Italian-born modernist architect radicated in Brazil, she became famous for the ample spaces she sought to construct. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Assis Chateaubriand, nicknamed familiarly Chatô or jockingly the King of Brazil, was a lawyer turned press magnate. ...

The building of the museum was designed by Lina Bo Bardi, in a very particular way: the main body of the building stands on four lateral supporting pillars, generating a free space of 74 meters. This new building was inaugurated on November 07, 1968, with the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. An Italian-born modernist architect radicated in Brazil, she became famous for the ample spaces she sought to construct. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...