Dolores Gangotena

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Gangotena and the second or maternal family name is y Jijón.

Dolores Marta Gracia de Gangotena y Jijón was an Ecuadorian art collector, conservationist. She was First Lady of Ecuador to Camilo Ponce Enríquez from 16 September 1956 to 31 August 1960.

Dolores Gangotena
Dolores Gangotena circa 1950
First Lady of Ecuador
In role September 1, 1956 – August 31, 1960
President	Camilo Ponce Enríquez
Preceded by	Corina del Parral
Succeeded by	Corina del Parral
Personal details
Born	Quito, Ecuador
Died	Quito, Ecuador
Spouse	Camilo Ponce Enríquez ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1976)​
Children	Camilo Enrique Margarita Inés Clara Dolores
Occupation	Conservationist

Biography

Dolores Gangotena was born in Quito, the second of four children born to Enrique Gangotena y Jijón and Dolores de Jijón y Ascázubi. Through her mother, Gangotena was related to Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya and Javier de Ascázubi, heroes of the war for Ecuador's independence. In 1940, Gangotena married Camilo Ponce Enríquez.^{[citation needed]}

Despite prejudices of the times and the opposition of her father, Gangotena entered university and studied fine arts. The collection of pre-Columbian and Colonial-era Ecuadorian art became her passion.^[1]

As First Lady of Ecuador, Gangotena was the host of Carondelet Palace and attended national and international functions for her husband's government. Because the Carondelet Palace was undergoing remodeling, many of those functions were held at the Gangotena Palace [es] on the Plaza de San Francisco in Quito,^[2] or the Hacienda La Herrería in the Los Chillos valley [es]. Gangotena used this rural property to store most of her art collection.^[3]

Citations

1. "La Herrería, una síntesis de la cultura, del arte y la naturaleza de Ecuador". Numbers (in Spanish) (4). Quito: 60–63. August 2014.
2. "Conozca cómo es el bello e histórico hotel Casa Gangotena" (in Spanish). City of Quito. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
3. Ordoñez Cordero, Juan (2003). Casa Ecuatoriana (in Spanish). Fundación Caspicara. pp. 105–119. ISBN 978-9978-43-223-5.

Preceded by Corina del Parral

First Lady of Ecuador 1956–1960

Succeeded by Corina del Parral