Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux is the fine arts museum of the city of Bordeaux, France.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Entrance facade of the north wing
Established1801 (1801)
Location20, cours d'Albret
33000 Bordeaux
Visitors117,492 (2014)[1]
Public transit accessTramway, lines A and B, stop Hôtel de ville
Websitewww.musba-bordeaux.fr/en

The museum is housed in a dependency of the Palais Rohan in central Bordeaux. Its collections regroup paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 15th to the 20st century. The painting collection is the largest one and its strong points are works by French and Dutch painters.

In front of the buildind, there is the Galerie des Beaux-Arts where take place the temporary exhibition.

Facade of the Galerie des beaux-arts

History

Established in 1801 by the painter Pierre Lacour,[2] it is one of the largest art galleries of France outside Paris. The museum holds several paintings that were looted by the French during the French Revolution (so-called 'saisies révolutionnaires') such as the Martyrdom of Saint Georges by Peter Paul Rubens.[3]

Firstly hosted into a library and then a room of the town hall, the collection is now set in the current building built from 1875 to 1881. The Galerie des Beaux-Arts was built later, from 1936 to 1939.

Painting collection

Here is a list of some of the painters represented in the museum collections:

References
  1. "Records de fréquentation dans les musées de Bordeaux". rue89bordeaux.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. History of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux Official website
  3. Pierre Paul RUBENS, "Le Martyre de Saint Georges"

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