His 1872 portrait of the Argentine War of Independence hero, General José de San Martín (The Review in Rancagua), was also a success in Buenos Aires, and Blanes was invited to Chile to display the historic depiction.
San Juan | Juan Carlos I of Spain | Don Juan | Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico | Juan Gabriel | Juan Perón | Manuel Noriega | Juan Pablo Montoya | Joan Manuel Serrat | Strait of Juan de Fuca | Juan Ramón Jiménez | Juan Luna | San Juan, Metro Manila | San Juan Islands | San Juan, Argentina | Manuel I of Portugal | San Juan del Sur | Manuel de Falla | Juan Manuel Santos | Juan Gris | Juan | Old San Juan | Manuel L. Quezon | Manuel Belgrano | Manuel Alejandro | Juan Mónaco | Juan Luis Guerra | Juan de Padilla | San Juan de la Maguana | Manuel Castells |
The museum was founded in 1930, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first Constitution of Uruguay, and named after the patriotic Uruguayan artist, Juan Manuel Blanes.