Groeninge Museum. The Groeningemuseum is a municipal museum in Bruges, Belgium, built on the site of the medieval Eekhout Abbey.
It houses a comprehensive survey of six centuries of Flemish and Belgian painting, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers. The museum's many highlights include its collection of Early Netherlandish paintings, works by a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque masters, as well as a selection of paintings from the 18th and 19th century neo-classical and realist periods, milestones of Belgian symbolism and modernism, masterpieces of Flemish Expressionism and many items from the city's collection of post-war modern art.
During the occupation of the Southern Netherlands by the French in 1794, the churches, monasteries and public buildings were looted by the French and everything that was not too hot or too heavy was taken to Paris. The revolutionary 'art commissioners' only needed a few months to open up more than 200 works by the Flemish school.
The works that were not transported to Paris were stored in the former Duinenabdij on the Potterierei in Bruges and thus the Musée de l'Ecole Centrale du Département de la Lys (the Museum of the School of the Leie Department) was created. Some five hundred confiscated works have been brought together in this museum and several of the Groeninge Museum's top works come from this collection.
In 1816, a number of works stolen by the F
It houses a comprehensive survey of six centuries of Flemish and Belgian painting, from Jan van Eyck to Marcel Broodthaers. The museum's many highlights include its collection of Early Netherlandish paintings, works by a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque masters, as well as a selection of paintings from the 18th and 19th century neo-classical and realist periods, milestones of Belgian symbolism and modernism, masterpieces of Flemish Expressionism and many items from the city's collection of post-war modern art.
During the occupation of the Southern Netherlands by the French in 1794, the churches, monasteries and public buildings were looted by the French and everything that was not too hot or too heavy was taken to Paris. The revolutionary 'art commissioners' only needed a few months to open up more than 200 works by the Flemish school.
The works that were not transported to Paris were stored in the former Duinenabdij on the Potterierei in Bruges and thus the Musée de l'Ecole Centrale du Département de la Lys (the Museum of the School of the Leie Department) was created. Some five hundred confiscated works have been brought together in this museum and several of the Groeninge Museum's top works come from this collection.
In 1816, a number of works stolen by the F
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