Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels. The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium.
The Royal Museums contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, which date from the early 15th century to the present. In 1845, it was decided, by Royal Decree, that a museum was to be founded with works of art of deceased and living Belgian artists.
A national commission was established to select important works of art. The first president of the commission was the Count de Beaufort.
Other members were: Gustaf Wappers, president of the Royal Museum of Antwerp. François-Joseph Navez, president of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
Guillaume Geefs. Eugène Simonis. Tilman-François Suys, professor at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. Luigi Calamatta, professor of engraving. Many of the founding members were active in the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. The museums are situated in the downtown Royal District, on the Coudenberg, in Brussels. There are six museums connected with the Royal Museums; two of them are located in the main building-the Oldmasters Museum or Museum of Ancient Art, whose collections cover European art until 1750, and the Museum of Modern Art. The Magritte Museum, opened in 2009, and Fin-de-Siècle Museum, opened in 2013, are adjacent to the main building. The smaller Constantin Meunier Museum and the Antoine Wiertz Mu
The Royal Museums contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, which date from the early 15th century to the present. In 1845, it was decided, by Royal Decree, that a museum was to be founded with works of art of deceased and living Belgian artists.
A national commission was established to select important works of art. The first president of the commission was the Count de Beaufort.
Other members were: Gustaf Wappers, president of the Royal Museum of Antwerp. François-Joseph Navez, president of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
Guillaume Geefs. Eugène Simonis. Tilman-François Suys, professor at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. Luigi Calamatta, professor of engraving. Many of the founding members were active in the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. The museums are situated in the downtown Royal District, on the Coudenberg, in Brussels. There are six museums connected with the Royal Museums; two of them are located in the main building-the Oldmasters Museum or Museum of Ancient Art, whose collections cover European art until 1750, and the Museum of Modern Art. The Magritte Museum, opened in 2009, and Fin-de-Siècle Museum, opened in 2013, are adjacent to the main building. The smaller Constantin Meunier Museum and the Antoine Wiertz Mu
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