MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (BUDAPEST)
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:''For other places with the same name, see Museum of Fine Arts.''
The 'Museum of Fine Arts' (Hungarian: 'Szépművészeti Múzeum') is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.
It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art (other than Hungarian), including all periods of European art, and comprises more than 100,000 pieces. The collection is made up of various older additions such as those from Buda Castle, the Esterhazy and Zichy estates, as well as donations from individual collectors. The Museum's collection is made up of six departments: Egyptian, Antique, Old sculpture gallery, Old painter gallery, Modern collection, Graphics collection. The institution celebrated its centenary in 2006.
The gallery holds the second largest collection of Egyptian art in central Europe. It comprises a number of collections bought together by Hungarian Egyptologist Eduard Mahler in the 1930s. Subsequent digs in Egypt have expanded the collection. Some of the most interesting pieces are the painted mummy sarcophagi.
The core of the collection was made up of pieces acquired from Paul Arndt, a classicist from Munich. The exhibition mainly includes works from Ancient Greece and Rome. Most significant is the 3rd century marble statue called the Budapest dancer. The Cyprean and Myciaenian collection is also notable, also the ceramics and bronzes.
The development of European painting from the 13th to 18th centuries is documented in the 3000 pieces shown. The core of the collection was those acquired from the Esterhazy estate. The collection is split up into Italian, German, Netherlandish, Flemish, French, English and Spanish art. Significant works include Raphael's 'Esterhazy Madonna',Durer's self portrait, Bruegel's St John the Baptist, works by Rembrandt and a very strong collection of works by El Greco, Velasquez and Goya.
The collection's main section is devoted to pieces from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. It was based on the Italian collection of Karoly Pulszky and Istvan Ferenczy's bronze collection. From the latter came one of the most treasured works, the small equestrian by Leonardo da Vinci. A number of painted wooden sculptures feature in the German and Austrian section.
The collection shows selected rotating exhibitions of its large 10,000 drawings and 100,000 woodcuts mainly sourced from the Esterhazy, Istvan Delhaes and Pal Majovsky acquisitions. All periods of European graphic art - drawings, etchings, woodcuts - are richly represented. Important pieces include Leonardo's 'battling heads', 15 drawings by Rembrandt, 200 pieces by Goya and French acquatints.
The museum's collection of 19th and 20th century art is less significant than those found in other departments; it is a younger collection. The bulk of the painting is from the biedermeier period and French art. From the latter are representatives of the Romantic period (Eugène Delacroix), the 'Barbizon' school (Camille Corot,Gustave Courbet) and Impressionism (Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec). There is a large collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin and Constantin Meunier.
Victor Vasarely the famous Hungarian artist donated a significant collection of his works to the gallery. These have found a permanent home outside the walls of the gallery at the Zichy mansion in Obuda. The two storey wing of the building is known as the Vazarely Museum and is the only one of its kind in eastern Europe.
1906-1914 Ernő Kammerer
1914-1935 Elek Petrovics
1935-1944 Dénes Csánky
1949-1952 Imre Oltványi
1952-1955 Ferenc Redő
1956-1964 Andor Pigler
1964-1984 Klára Garas
1984-1991 Ferenc Merényi
1991-2004 Miklós Mojzer
2004. – László Baán
★ Palace of Art
★ Museum website (in English)
★ Museum.hu information (in English)
The museum's entrance
The 'Museum of Fine Arts' (Hungarian: 'Szépművészeti Múzeum') is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.
It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art (other than Hungarian), including all periods of European art, and comprises more than 100,000 pieces. The collection is made up of various older additions such as those from Buda Castle, the Esterhazy and Zichy estates, as well as donations from individual collectors. The Museum's collection is made up of six departments: Egyptian, Antique, Old sculpture gallery, Old painter gallery, Modern collection, Graphics collection. The institution celebrated its centenary in 2006.
The museum at night
| Contents |
| Egyptian art |
| Antique collection |
| Old Paintings |
| Old Sculpture |
| Graphic Arts |
| Modern gallery |
| Vasarely Museum |
| Directors of the museum |
| See also |
| External links |
Egyptian art
The gallery holds the second largest collection of Egyptian art in central Europe. It comprises a number of collections bought together by Hungarian Egyptologist Eduard Mahler in the 1930s. Subsequent digs in Egypt have expanded the collection. Some of the most interesting pieces are the painted mummy sarcophagi.
A corridor
Antique collection
The core of the collection was made up of pieces acquired from Paul Arndt, a classicist from Munich. The exhibition mainly includes works from Ancient Greece and Rome. Most significant is the 3rd century marble statue called the Budapest dancer. The Cyprean and Myciaenian collection is also notable, also the ceramics and bronzes.
Old Paintings
The development of European painting from the 13th to 18th centuries is documented in the 3000 pieces shown. The core of the collection was those acquired from the Esterhazy estate. The collection is split up into Italian, German, Netherlandish, Flemish, French, English and Spanish art. Significant works include Raphael's 'Esterhazy Madonna',Durer's self portrait, Bruegel's St John the Baptist, works by Rembrandt and a very strong collection of works by El Greco, Velasquez and Goya.
Old Paintings gallery
Old Sculpture
The collection's main section is devoted to pieces from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. It was based on the Italian collection of Karoly Pulszky and Istvan Ferenczy's bronze collection. From the latter came one of the most treasured works, the small equestrian by Leonardo da Vinci. A number of painted wooden sculptures feature in the German and Austrian section.
Graphic Arts
The collection shows selected rotating exhibitions of its large 10,000 drawings and 100,000 woodcuts mainly sourced from the Esterhazy, Istvan Delhaes and Pal Majovsky acquisitions. All periods of European graphic art - drawings, etchings, woodcuts - are richly represented. Important pieces include Leonardo's 'battling heads', 15 drawings by Rembrandt, 200 pieces by Goya and French acquatints.
Modern gallery
The museum's collection of 19th and 20th century art is less significant than those found in other departments; it is a younger collection. The bulk of the painting is from the biedermeier period and French art. From the latter are representatives of the Romantic period (Eugène Delacroix), the 'Barbizon' school (Camille Corot,Gustave Courbet) and Impressionism (Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec). There is a large collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin and Constantin Meunier.
One of the halls in the museum
Vasarely Museum
Victor Vasarely the famous Hungarian artist donated a significant collection of his works to the gallery. These have found a permanent home outside the walls of the gallery at the Zichy mansion in Obuda. The two storey wing of the building is known as the Vazarely Museum and is the only one of its kind in eastern Europe.
Directors of the museum
1906-1914 Ernő Kammerer
1914-1935 Elek Petrovics
1935-1944 Dénes Csánky
1949-1952 Imre Oltványi
1952-1955 Ferenc Redő
1956-1964 Andor Pigler
1964-1984 Klára Garas
1984-1991 Ferenc Merényi
1991-2004 Miklós Mojzer
2004. – László Baán
See also
★ Palace of Art
External links
★ Museum website (in English)
★ Museum.hu information (in English)
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