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The Magritte Museum (French: Musée Magritte; Dutch: Magritte Museum) is an art museum in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the work of the Belgian surrealist artist, René Magritte. It is one of the constituent museums of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The museum is housed in the Hôtel du Lotto, an 18th-century
).History
The Magritte Museum is housed in a five-level neoclassical building dating from the late 18th century, the Hôtel du Lotto (also known as the Hôtel Altenloh), part of an architectural complex built after the Palace of Coudenberg burned down in 1731. Over the centuries, successive owners have transformed it into a hotel, a jewellery store and finally a museum.
The
In 1951, the facades and porticoes lining the Place Royale were recognised for their architectural and historical interest, and were definitively protected from any modification by a classification order on the Belgian Heritage List. The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium moved in in 1962, and the Hôtel du Lotto was transformed into a museum. Extensive renovation work was carried out in the 1980s, and the building's interior was radically transformed.
The importance of René Magritte's collection and his international renown merited a space dedicated to communicating the artist and his work. In 2007, plans were drawn up for a future Magritte Museum in the Hôtel du Lotto, and work began the following year, with completion scheduled for 2009. Inaugurated on 20 May 2009, the Magritte Museum opened its doors to the public on 2 June 2009, in a 2,500 m2 (27,000 sq ft) building belonging to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts.[1]
Museum
The Magritte Museum displays some 200 original Magritte paintings, drawings and sculptures,
See also
- BELvue Museum
- List of museums in Brussels
- List of single-artist museums
- History of Brussels
- Culture of Belgium
- Belgium in the long nineteenth century
References
Citations
- ^ Magritte Museum
- ^ "Two New Museums for Tintin and Magritte". Time. 30 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ Victor Zak October 2009 page 20 Westways Magazine
- ^ a b Oisteanu, Valery (8 July 2010). "Magritte, Painter-Philosopher". The Brooklyn Rail (July–August 2010).
- ISSN 0378-0716.
Bibliography
- Jonathan Manes, L'implication des nouvelles technologies dans la restauration de bâtiment classé : Le musée Magritte de Bruxelles (in French), Éditions universitaires européennes, 2012, 152 p. (ISBN 978-3-8381-8182-0)
External links
- Media related to Musée Magritte Museum at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website