Musee des Beaux-Arts de Brest. The Brest Fine Arts Museum is the main art museum in the city of Brest, in Brittany.
The museum and its collections were recreated after the Second World War, the museum having been destroyed like most of the city during its bombardment by the Allied forces. With considerable effort, an admirable collection of old painting - the largest to have been assembled in France since 1945 - was able to be assembled.
It offers a beautiful panorama of French and Italian painting over the centuries. Modern painting is also present, although the museum has focused primarily on the creation of a collection of ancient art that can be a witness to the past, for a city that lost almost all of its ancient heritage during the bombings.
Completed in 1968, the building housing the museum is typical of functional post-war architecture in Brest. In 1812, the municipality decided to build an attic of plenty, or market hall, to reduce the price of grain and therefore that of bread.
The report by architect Voyer estimates the cost of this construction at 250,000 francs. The building is built in the former garden of the Carmelite fathers, property of the hospice acquired by the city in 1820 as well as on private land, on the Place de la Halle aux Bles, now Place Sadi-Carnot. With an imposing architecture, with 40 meters side and 30 meters high, its pyramidal roof dominates the city. It was in 1828 that A
The museum and its collections were recreated after the Second World War, the museum having been destroyed like most of the city during its bombardment by the Allied forces. With considerable effort, an admirable collection of old painting - the largest to have been assembled in France since 1945 - was able to be assembled.
It offers a beautiful panorama of French and Italian painting over the centuries. Modern painting is also present, although the museum has focused primarily on the creation of a collection of ancient art that can be a witness to the past, for a city that lost almost all of its ancient heritage during the bombings.
Completed in 1968, the building housing the museum is typical of functional post-war architecture in Brest. In 1812, the municipality decided to build an attic of plenty, or market hall, to reduce the price of grain and therefore that of bread.
The report by architect Voyer estimates the cost of this construction at 250,000 francs. The building is built in the former garden of the Carmelite fathers, property of the hospice acquired by the city in 1820 as well as on private land, on the Place de la Halle aux Bles, now Place Sadi-Carnot. With an imposing architecture, with 40 meters side and 30 meters high, its pyramidal roof dominates the city. It was in 1828 that A
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