Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux
The Musée des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux was founded following the consular decree of August, 31 1801, in order to share the works of the Central Museum of Paris among 15 major provincial cities; besides, it was strongly desired by the painter Pierre Lacour (1745-1814). The original core, composed of about twenty paintings, allowed the museum to be founded in 1803.
The museum is now one of the largest French galleries outside Paris and hosts a rich collection composed by about 8200 works, especially of European art, from the fifteenth century to the modern era; the collection of Flemish and Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century is of great importance, with works by famous painters such as Anton Van Dyck, Rubens, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Hals, David Teniers the Younger, Jacob van Ruisdael or Jan Brueghel the Elder.
The collection, initially housed in a library and then in the town hall, was moved to the current neoclassical building, especially built in 1881 following a design by the architect Charles Burguet.
Between 1936 and 1939, the Galerie des Beaux-Arts, designed by the architect Jacques Boistel d’Welles, was also built as a space exclusively dedicated to temporary exhibitions.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts – MusBA
Link: www.musba-bordeaux.fr
