National Museum of Art of Romania
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The National Museum of Art of Romania (
The exhibition "Shadows and Light" ran from 15 July to 2 October 2005. With four centuries of French art, it was the largest exhibition of French painting in Central and Eastern Europe since 1945.
History
The museum was damaged during the
The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși and Dimitrie Paciurea, as well as paintings by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petrașcu, and Gheorghe Tattarescu.
The international collection includes works by Old Masters such as Domenico Veneziano, El Greco, Tintoretto, Jan van Eyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt, plus a smattering of works by impressionists such as Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. Among the best known Old Master works in the collection are Jacopo Amigoni's portrait of the singer Farinelli, a Crucifixion by Antonello da Messina, and Alonso Cano's Christ at the Column.[3]
Exhibitions
In the southern part of the building the European Museum Art Gallery was reopened in 2000. The painting collection was made available on the basis of 214 works of art from the collection of King Carol I, to which were added pictures of other members of the royal family. The king's collection included paintings by El Greco, Rembrandt, Bruegel the Elder, Rubens, and Domenico Veneziano.
In spring 2001, the Romanian Modern Art Gallery reopened. The paintings are displayed on the mezzanine and second floor wing of the building. Early Romanian paintings are exhibited on the mezzanine (Nicolae Polcovnicul , Eustație Altini, Anton Chladek, Niccolò Livaditti, Giovanni Schiavoni, Carol Wallenstein de Vella, Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, Ion Negulici, Constantin Lecca, Carol Szathmari), along with portraits of family members and a few landscapes.
In the Modern Romanian Section, the following painters are also represented:
- Nicolae Grigorescu
- Stefan Luchian
- Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck
- Nicolae Tonitza
- Herman Maxy
- Victor Brauner
Other noteworthy non-Romanian paintings are:
- Bernardino Licinio's "Return of Prodigal Son"
- Hans von Aachen's "3 Graces"
- Aegidius Sadeler's "Hall of Hradcany"
- Bartholomäus Zeitblom's "Saint Barbara"
- Claude Monet's "Camille in Green Dress"
- Paul Signac's "Gate"
Gallery
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Venus and Amor, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520
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The Marriage of the Virgin , El Greco, 1614
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The three Graces, Hans von Aachen, 1604
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Our Lady and the Child, Domenico Veneziano,
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Donor, Hans Memling, 1490
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The Four Seasons - Autumn by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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Green robe, Claude Monet, 1866
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The Annunciation by Tintoretto
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Throne room pavilion
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Hall of Flemish and Dutch painters
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Throne room pavilion
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Gallery of European art
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Hall of Romanian art
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Hall of early Romanian art
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Throne room pavilion ceiling
See also
- National Museum of Romanian History
- List of national galleries
- List of museums in Bucharest
References
- ^ Istoricul clădirii
- ^ Online Gallery. "Umbre și Lumini. Patru secole de pictură franceză. Secolul XIX". Online Gallery.ro. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ Muzee şi Colecţii din România
External links
- Official site of the museum (Romanian, English)