Muzeul Naăional de Artă al României
The Muzeul Național de Artă al României ( National Art Museum of Romania ) is located in the former Royal Palace ( Palatul Regal ) in Bucharest , which was completed in 1937. It houses valuable medieval and modern collections of Romanian art, as well as an international art collection brought together by the royal family.
The museum was set on fire and damaged during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 that led to the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu . In 2000, part of the museum, the modern Romanian collection and the international collection, was reopened to the public. The extensive collection of medieval art was supplemented with works from monasteries that were destroyed during the Ceaușescu era, and did not reopen until 2002. Temporary exhibitions are shown in two other exhibition halls.
The collection of modern Romanian art includes sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși and Dimitrie Paciurea and paintings by Theodor Aman , Nicolae Grigorescu , Theodor Pallady , Gheorghe Pătrașcu 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, as well as a large number of Impressionist works by Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley . The most famous masterpieces in the collection include Jacopo Amigoni's portrait of the singer Farinelli , a crucifixion scene by Antonello da Messina and Alonso Cano's Christ on the Pillar .
There are several outposts: the Zambaccian Museum , Theodor Pallady Museum , the Museum of Art Collections, and the currently closed Dimitrie and Aurelia Ghiata Memorial Museum .
Web links
- Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României (Romanian, English, French)
- Info about the building
Coordinates: 44 ° 26 '24.6 " N , 26 ° 5' 44.7" E