National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău
Muzeul Național de Artă | |
Established | November 26, 1939 |
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Location | 115, 31 August 1989 Street, Chişinău |
Type | Art museum |
Director | Auguste Baillayre |
Website | mnam |
The National Museum of Fine Arts (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă) is a museum in Chișinău, Moldova, founded in November 1939 by Alexandru Plămădeală and Auguste Baillayre.
Overview[]
In 1939, the sculptor Alexandru Plămădeală selected some 160 works of Bassarabian and Romanian artists in order to set up the first Picture Gallery of Chișinău whose director was Auguste Baillayre, painter and professor at Ecolle de Belle Arte of Chişinău. The first museum of Bassarabian fine art was opened on November 26, 1939; its successor becomes National Art Museum of Moldova. In the first days of World War II, the art pieces displayed in the Gallery, together with others donated by the Ministry of Culture and Cults of Romania were loaded into two lorries and delivered to Kharkiv; the destiny of these collections remains unknown until present.[1]
Building[]
The building of the museum (architect Alexander Bernardazzi) is a monument in Moldova.[2] It was previously known as Dadiani's female gymnasium.
Another department of museum is located in the Hertza House (urban villa), Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt Avenue.
Solo exhibitions[]
The museum hasgeneral and specific exhibitions. Ada Zevin was among those with solo exhibitions in 1960, 1970 and 1980.[3]
Selected artworks[]
Plămădeală Alexandru, 1888-1940, Self-portrait
Lidia Arionescu Baillayre, 1880-1923 Portrait of a Woman, 1904
V. I. Surikov (1848-1916), Study for the painting "Annunciation"
I. I. Şişkin (1832-1898). Pines
J. Jordaens (1563 – 1678), Jupiter's education
Józef Oleszkiewicz (1777-1830), Portrait of PV Meatlev, 1825
Federico Ruiz (1837-1868), Emperor Franz Joseph I
Selected prints[]
Tsukioka (Taiso) Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), The Moon on Mount Jiming, 1886
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (1826-1869), Nagasaki Maruyama Pleasure District, 1861
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Genji, modern, admiring cherry blossoms, 1859
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1885), Hashirii Teahouse
Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Nakamura Shikan as Gen'emon, Onoe Kikugorō as Bantō Zenroku
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Escape to Egypt
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Portrait of Bilibaldi Pirkeymheri
See also[]
References[]
- ^ MUZEUL NATIONAL de ARTA al MOLDOVEI.
- ^ Muzeul Național de Arte Plastice.
- ^ "Artists from Moldova : Ada Zevin". orhei.dnt.md. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
External links[]
- Art museums and galleries in Moldova
- National museums of Moldova
- Buildings and structures in Chișinău
- Culture in Chișinău
- Art museums established in 1939
- 1939 establishments in Romania