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J<\/span>ulio Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet died in Chur, Switzerland, on 9 May 1991. In his last will and testament, dated April 1988, Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet left his property at number 282 Carrer de Muntaner, including the garden and its full contents (which included an extensive, valuable art collection) to a foundation that was to be named after him. This organisation was to preserve and maintain the premises and ensure they could be used by the public, under the patronage of the city of Barcelona.<\/p>\n On 8 July 1991, the acceptance of the inheritance was formalised, but the executors did not notify anyone of the bequest to the city. When Barcelona City Council became aware of it in 1994, it created the Fundaci\u00f3 Julio Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-origen-2.jpg” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-origen-2″ show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” border_radii=”off||50px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”align-items: center;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-origen-3.jpg” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-origen-3″ show_in_lightbox=”on” admin_label=”Imagen” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” border_radii=”off||50px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text: L\u2019origen de la fundaci\u00f3” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This marked the beginning of a long legal process to demand that the heirs comply with the contents of the will. On 14 March 2012, the Spanish Supreme Court confirmed the ruling issued by the Court of First Instance Number 1 in Barcelona in 2007, ratified by the Barcelona Provincial Court 2 years later, which declared the Fundaci\u00f3 Julio Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet the legitimate owner of the property at number 282 Carrer de Muntaner, including the garden and the Torre de l\u2019Avenir building, along with their full contents.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Titol: La lluita per la col\u00b7lecci\u00f3” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#FF5562″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”align-items: center;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text: La lluita per la col\u00b7lecci\u00f3” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n T<\/span>he \u2018full contents\u2019 mentioned in Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet\u2019s will refers to the collection that decorated the walls of the two homes in the Carrer de Muntaner property. It was a largely unknown collection that had barely been displayed in public exhibitions and was only shown to guests. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-origen-5.jpg” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-origen-5″ show_in_lightbox=”on” admin_label=”Imagen” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” border_radii=”off||50px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”align-items: center;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-origen-4.jpg” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-origen-4″ show_in_lightbox=”on” admin_label=”Imagen” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” border_radii=”off||50px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text: La lluita per la col\u00b7lecci\u00f3” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 2018, the Foundation recovered 18 artworks from the family\u2019s property in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, followed several years later by Goya\u2019s The Apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar<\/em> and El Greco\u2019s The Annunciation<\/em>.<\/p>\n In March 2020, as part of the inquiry phase of the legal process, four warehouses and five homes belonging to Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s family were searched and a total of 475 artworks were confiscated, including 376 paintings and drawings, 87 miniatures, four sculptures, four ivory pieces and three tapestries. Many of these pieces have been identified as part of the bequest to the city. The Foundation is still working to get them back and to recover the other bequeathed works that have not yet been located.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#F6F5EE” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Titol: L\u2019Anunciaci\u00f3 d\u2019El Greco i La Verge del Pilar de Goya” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#FF5562″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_position=”center” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”align-items: center;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text: L\u2019Anunciaci\u00f3 d\u2019El Greco i La Verge del Pilar de Goya” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I<\/span>n July 2022, the Foundation was confirmed to be the rightful owner of two of the most significant pieces in Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet\u2019s will: Goya\u2019s The Apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar<\/em> and El Greco\u2019s The Annunciation<\/em>. This marked the end of a lawsuit filed by the businessman\u2019s grandson. After appearing at different courts claiming ownership of the artworks, he withdrew his appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court before it could be declared permanently inadmissible.<\/p>\n The two works then became the object of a dispute between family members in a separate case from the main proceedings, which led to them being located and the Foundation claiming ownership of them, given that they were part of the bequest. At first, the pieces were left in a storeroom in the home of one of Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s daughters, but subsequently, the Foundation requested the intervention of a judicial committee, which could look after the paintings until the lawsuit was over. The two paintings were therefore moved to Barcelona in June 2017 and stored at the MNAC (Catalan National Art Museum), in the court\u2019s custody.<\/p>\n When full ownership of the works was confirmed in late 2022, the court\u2019s custody ended and the Foundation took possession of them. Currently, the paintings are on display at the MNAC, where they will remain on loan while the property is being renovated.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-obras-destacadas-04.png” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-obras-destacadas-04″ admin_label=”Greco” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fundaciojuliomunozramonet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fundacio-julio-munoz-ramonet-obras-destacadas-03.png” title_text=”fundacio-julio-mun\u0303oz-ramonet-obras-destacadas-03″ admin_label=”Goya” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”slide” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Foundation\u2019s originsJ<\/span>ulio Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet died in Chur, Switzerland, on 9 May 1991. In his last will and testament, dated April 1988, Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet left his property at number 282 Carrer de Muntaner, including the garden and its full contents (which included an extensive, valuable art collection) to a foundation that was to be named […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4724,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe fight for the collection<\/h2>\n
\nWhen the Fundaci\u00f3 Julio Mu\u00f1oz Ramonet received the keys to the property in July 2013 and went inside for the first time, 539 paintings, sketches, engravings and sculptures were found, most of which were from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only 28 oil paintings and 14 sculptures were from prior to the nineteenth century. The bequeathed collection was known to be much vaster, so the Foundation brought a criminal lawsuit against Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s heirs and the companies in the family group for alleged misappropriation and forgery of documents.<\/p>\n\u00abThe Annunciation<\/em> by El Greco, and The Apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar<\/em> by Goya<\/h2>\n