Hiëronymus Bosch, The Last Judgement, 1450. Detail from the central panel,
Oil on panel, 99 x 60,3 cm, Bruges, Groeninge Museum, gift from State Minister A. Beernaert, 1907. |
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CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS BRUSSELS
Ravensteinstraat 23
B-1000 Brussel
INFORMATION:
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Concessions: Bozarcard : 8,10 € - Under 26, over 60, students, groups : 7€ - Schools, teachers, jobseekers : 3,50 €.
Other reductions on the Web site.
Combiticket Ensor to Bosch+Lili Dujourie: 12 €
Guided tours: On Sundays 3 pm (NL-ENG), 4 pm (FR), 75 min. 4 € / 3 € (-18/+60) Max. 20 pers per group
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CURATOR:
Till-Holger Borchert, curator Groeninge Museum in Bruges
PRESS CONTACT:
Nadya De Beule Tel. +32 (0) 2 507.83 91 E-mail : presse@bozar.be Press releases and illustrations: available on the Website.
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The three most important art history museums in Flanders -the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, the Royal Museum for Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent- established at the end of 2001 an original partnership, the Vlaamsekunstcollectie, the Flemish art collection. This exhibition, which fits in with the anniversary of 175 years of Belgian independence, introduces the Flemish art collection with a fanfare and gives a representative overview of the wealth of painting in the southern Netherlands from the 15th to the 20th century.
Perfectly complementary collections
Each with their own emphasis -the 15th and 16th centuries in the Bruges Groeningemuseum, the late 16th and 17th centuries in the Royal Museum for Fine Arts in Antwerp, and the 19th century in the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent- the collections of these three museums complement each other perfectly. The exhibition leads the visitor past 143 art works -30 to 40 pieces per museum- with ten additional loans from European museums, including the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Although painting receives the greatest attention, some sculptures provide the collection with some relief. Archive documents, etchings and drawings upholster the historical and cultural tale.
A story of taste, fashion, ancient and modern, and lost opportunities...
From The Last Judgement by Bosch to Theatre of Masks by Ensor, the exhibition includes art works from internationally acclaimed masters anchored in the identity of Flemish cities, but also unknown art works from the reserves, which illustrate the history of the three museums'collections in terms of taste and form. The exhibition goes in search of parallels and differences in the formation of the specific museum collections, emphasising interactions between taste and art, fashion and mentality, old and modern art. It reconstructs the taste of 18th and 19th century collectors in Flanders, emphasises the vital period of the French revolution and the French occupation, maps the role of the Academies, and indicates missed opportunities. It is a unique chance to discover or rediscover top pieces collected from the three foremost Flemish museums in a single location, and better understand the genesis of these three museums and the formation of their collections.
Illustration: Henri Evenepoel, Nice 1872 – Paris 1899, Spaniard in Paris, 1899, oil on cloth, 217 x 152 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.
To see more illustrations, click on VERSION FRANCAISE at the top of this page
PUBLICATION
Exhibition catalogue, 192 pages, published by Mercatorsfonds, BOZAR BOOKS & Davidsfonds - 25 €
This exhibition is coproduced by BOZAR EXPO & Davidsfonds, in close collaboration with the vlaamsekunstcollectie.
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