Ignacio Merino
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Ignacio Merino Muñoz was a Peruvian painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 who enjoyed a great international prestige; his paintings inspired the famous French writer Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...

 to write Martín Paz, a fictional short story that was published in the illustrated magazine Musée des familles
Musée des familles
Musée des familles was an illustrated French literary magazine that was published in Paris from 1833 to 1900. It was founded by Émile de Girardin....

(Museum of the Families).
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