Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
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The Museum of Fine Arts ( (MSK)) in Ghent
, Belgium
, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst).
The museum holds a large permanent collection of art from the Middle Ages until mid 20th Century. The collection focuses on Flemish Art (Southern Netherlands) but also has several European- especially French- paintings. It also has a large amount of sculptures.
Next to its permanent collection the museum organises temporary exhibitions (approximately 2 every year).
The building was designed by city architect Charles van Rysselberghe around 1900.
In 2007 the museum reopened after four years of restoration.
Here's an overview of the latest and current exhibitions (after the reopening).
15.08.2002-17.11.2002 Max Ernst
, the graphic work
06.10.2007-13.01.2008 British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950
20.09.2008-18.01.2009 Piranesi
21.03.2009-21.06.2009 Emile Claus
17.10.2009-07.02.2010 3 x Avant-Garde - Fernand Léger
/Max Beckmann
/Roar China
27.03.2010-27.06.2010 Gustave Van de Woestyne
16.10.2010-27.02.2011 James Ensor
and contemporary art (in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst)
Expected
08.10.2011-29.01.2012 John Constable
, oil sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
, London
25.02.2012-03.06.2012 Ford Madox Brown
, tradition and innovation among the English Pre-Raphaelites
The museum is a member of The Flemish Art Collection. This is a structural partnership joining the three main museums of fine arts in Flanders: Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the Groeninge Museum in Bruges and the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts. The museums’ collections have all been developed in a similar way and complement each other perfectly. Together, they offer a unique, representative overview of Flemish art from the 15th to the 20th century.
As partners sharing the same responsibility in our cultural heritage, the three museums exchange their expertise, they strive for a more sustainable, high quality management and international awareness of their collections, including works that are part of the world patrimony.
More: The Flemish Art Collection.
Other Fine Arts museums in Belgium:
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst).
The museum holds a large permanent collection of art from the Middle Ages until mid 20th Century. The collection focuses on Flemish Art (Southern Netherlands) but also has several European- especially French- paintings. It also has a large amount of sculptures.
Next to its permanent collection the museum organises temporary exhibitions (approximately 2 every year).
The building was designed by city architect Charles van Rysselberghe around 1900.
In 2007 the museum reopened after four years of restoration.
Here's an overview of the latest and current exhibitions (after the reopening).
15.08.2002-17.11.2002 Max Ernst
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was one of the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism.-Early life:...
, the graphic work
06.10.2007-13.01.2008 British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950
20.09.2008-18.01.2009 Piranesi
21.03.2009-21.06.2009 Emile Claus
Emile Claus
Emile Claus was a Belgian painter.- Life :Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West-Flanders , at the banks of the river Lys. Emile was the twelfth child in a family of thirteen. Father Alexander was a grocer-publican and for some time town councillor...
17.10.2009-07.02.2010 3 x Avant-Garde - Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of Cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style...
/Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement...
/Roar China
27.03.2010-27.06.2010 Gustave Van de Woestyne
Gustave Van de Woestijne
Gustave Van de Woestijne was a Belgian expressionist painter.He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne....
16.10.2010-27.02.2011 James Ensor
James Ensor
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...
and contemporary art (in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst)
Expected
08.10.2011-29.01.2012 John Constable
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
, oil sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London
25.02.2012-03.06.2012 Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painting was Work...
, tradition and innovation among the English Pre-Raphaelites
The museum is a member of The Flemish Art Collection. This is a structural partnership joining the three main museums of fine arts in Flanders: Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the Groeninge Museum in Bruges and the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts. The museums’ collections have all been developed in a similar way and complement each other perfectly. Together, they offer a unique, representative overview of Flemish art from the 15th to the 20th century.
As partners sharing the same responsibility in our cultural heritage, the three museums exchange their expertise, they strive for a more sustainable, high quality management and international awareness of their collections, including works that are part of the world patrimony.
More: The Flemish Art Collection.
Paintings in the MSK
- St. Jerome at PrayerSt. Jerome at PrayerSt. Jerome at Prayer is a painting of St. Jerome by Hieronymus Bosch. It is believed to be painted c. 1505. The painting resides at Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent....
by Hieronymus Bosch - Christ Carrying the Cross by Hieronymus Bosch
- Man of SorrowsMan of Sorrows (Maarten van Heemskerck)The Dutch painter Maarten van Heemskerck painted the subject of the Man of Sorrows three times. The subject depicts Christ after the crucifixion attended by angels, with wounds prominently displayed, wearing the crown of thorns and a loincloth. The loincloth is claimed to be wrapped around an...
by Maerten Van Heemskerck - Portrait of Giovanni Paolo Cornaro by TintorettoTintorettoTintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...
- The Flagellation of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens
- Jupiter and Antiope by Anthony van DyckAnthony van DyckSir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
- Portrait of a KleptomaniacPortrait of a KleptomaniacPortrait of a Kleptomaniac or Portrait of an Insane Person is a 1822 oil painting by Théodore Géricault...
by Théodore GéricaultThéodore GéricaultJean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a profoundly influential French artist, painter and lithographer, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings...
See also
Other arts museums in Ghent:- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Modern Art)
Other Fine Arts museums in Belgium:
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts, in Antwerp
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of BelgiumThe Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium , is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.-The museum:...
, in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...