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{{Infobox person
|Manolita Pina-Torres
|status = deceased-verified
|image = MPina106.jpg |image size = 286
|caption = 
|sex = Female
|nationality = Spanish
|nationality2 = Uruguayan
|nationality3 = Spanish-Uruguayan
|birthyr = 1883 |birthplace = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
|deathyr = 1994 |deathplace = Montevideo, Uruguay
|sort = Pina-Torres, Manolita
}}<!--
-->'''Manolita Pina Torres-Garcia''' [Spanish: '''Piña'''] (née '''Rubies'''; 24 February 1883 – 11 June 1994) was a Spanish-Uruguayan painter and validated [[supercentenarian]]. She was the first validated supercentenarian from Uruguay.

==Biography==
Pina-Torres was born in Barcelona, Spain on 24 February 1883. She classically educated by her wealthy parents and played piano to a very high standard. A respected painter in her own right, Pina-Torres married the famous painter [[Wikipedia:Joaquín Torres-García|Joaquin Torres Garcia]] in Barcelona on 20 August 1908, and became his "inseparable companion". She travelled throughout Europe with her husband and visited New York. In 1934, they settled in Montevideo. Well known in Uruguay as "Dona Manolita", Pina-Torres founded the art museum, Museo Torres Garcia in Montevideo on 29 July 1953. In 1951, Pina-Torres created a Montevideo based organisation named MAOTIMA, which was dedicated to working on embroidered tapestries.

Pina Torres's art has been described by experts as "creative and beautiful", but she stopped painting after her marriage to ensure she would not become a better painter than her husband, which would have been shameful to their family during her time and in her culture. She was known to help artists who were suffering from political persecution. Pina-Torres later refused to move back to Barcelona because of the crimes against art that were committed there by Franco backed Nationalists, such as destroying frescoes. She created an inventory of her husband's work, which included over 350 pieces of art. After the death of her husband, Pina-Torres decided to ensure his legacy by creating a museum dedicated to his art which was not completed until she reached the age of 106. She was honoured in 2000 by the Cultural Center Foundation, Caixa Terrassa.

Pina-Torres died in Montevideo, Uruguay on 11 June 1994 at age 111 years, 107 days.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Manolita Pina1.jpg|Manolita Pina at the piano in 1907
Manolita Pina2.jpg|Manolita Pina with her husband Joaquin Torres-Garcia in 1910
Manolita Pina3.jpg|Manolita Pina with her family in 1916
Manolita Pina4.jpg|Manolita Pina in her centenarian years
Manolita Pina5.jpg|Manolita Pina (aged 107) with Jimena Perera
File:Manolita.jpg|Manolita Pina Torres, 108-years-old, at the inauguration of the “Museo Torres García” after its renovation in 1991.
File:Manolit2a.jpg|Manolita Pina Torres, 108-years-old, at the inauguration of the “Museo Torres García” after its renovation in 1991.
</gallery>

==References==

*[https://www.grg-supercentenarians.org/uruguay/ List of validated supercentenarians in Uruguay] Gerontology Research Group
*[https://elpais.com/diario/1994/06/14/agenda/771544803_850215.html Manolita Piña, viuda del pintor Joaquín Torres] El Pais, 14 June 1994

==Literature==

*{{Cite book|title = Homenatge a Manolita Piña de Torres García|last = Ellena|first = Emilio|publisher = Centre Cultural, Fundacio Caixa Terrassa|year = 2000|last2 = Valenzuela|first2 = Pedro|language = es}}

==Links==
*[http://www.dbd.cat/index.php?option=com_biografies&view=biografia&id=706 Biography of Manolita Pina] (in Spanish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091945/http://www.torresgarcia.org.uy/uc_48_1.html Manolita Pina] from the Museo Torres Garcia (in Spanish)
[[Category:Supercentenarians notable for other reasons than longevity]]
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[[Category:Former national longevity recordholders]]
[[Category:Emigrant supercentenarians]]
[[Category:Uruguay deaths]]
[[Category:Deceased people]]