Groeningemuseum

The Groeningemuseum is an art museum in the Belgian city of Bruges. It is known for its collection of so-called Flemish Primitives.

The origins of the collection are in the Academy of Fine Arts founded in 1716. The collection of the museum is in two buildings. The main house was completed in 1930 in 1994 provided with an extension. In this 15 showrooms comprehensive complex of the majority of the collection is housed, including the old Flemish masters, as well as art from the 17th to 20th centuries. In the few meters remote location of the museum, the Arenthuis, held temporary exhibitions. In addition, here is a permanent exhibition of paintings by the Bruges -born Welsh painter Frank Brangwyn is shown. The name of the museum derives from the nearby Groeningestraat.

The Collection

The collection of the Groeninge museum includes works of art from six centuries, mainly paintings, but also in some sculptural works. The focus is on the Early Netherlandish painting, with works by Jan van Eyck and Others (Madonna of Canon Joris van der Paele 1434 ), Gerard David ( The Judgement of Cambyses, 1498) and Hieronymus Bosch ( The Last Judgement, by 1486 ). In addition, works by Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes, Rogier van der Weyden are represented Petrus Christus and other artists of the period. From the 16th and 17th centuries and Others Pictures of Joos van Cleve, Pieter Pourbus, Pieter Brueghel the Younger can be seen, Jacob van Oost the Elder and Salomon van Ruysdael. From the recent time, works of famous Belgian painter of the Neoclassicism and Realism and the Symbolist and Modernist, such as Joseph -Benoît Suvée, Joseph -Denis Odevaere, Paul Delvaux, René Magritte and Henry van de Velde find.

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