Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
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The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum ( Museo de Bellas Artes in Spanish) is located in the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain, and is currently one of the main painting and sculpture museums of Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely insde the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar park.
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[edit] History
The collection of the present Bilbao Fine Arts Museum originated with the merger of the collections from the first Museo de Bellas Artes, inaugurated in 1914, and the Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) in 1924. Contributions from local institutions, from private individuals and the Museum's own acquisitions helped to shape the essential profile of the collection and oriented its subsequent growth.
[edit] Collection
Notable for the lengthy period it covers (from the 12th century to the present day) and the extraordinary variety of art works acquired since its inception, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum collection currently boasts more than six thousand works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and objects from the decorative arts.
[edit] Essential works
- Adolfo Guiard
Village Girl with Red Carnation - c. 1903
Figures in a Landscape - c. 1960-1962
- Ambrosius Benson
Pietà at the Foot of the Cross, (fragment) - c. 1530
- Anonymous, Catalan
Descent and The Flood or Noah's Ark - last third of 13th century
Lamentation over the Dead Christ - c. 1634-1640
Great Oval or Painting - c. 1955
- Antonis Mor (Anthonis van Dashort)
Portrait of Philip II - c. 1549-1550
The Bridge at Burceña - c. 1925-1930
Flagellation of Saint Engracia - c. 1474-1478
St. Lesmes - c. 1655
Landscape with Palace or Architectural Capriccio with Palace - c. 1765-1766
- Darío de Regoyos
Bathing in Rentería. Soir Eléctrique - c. 1899
- Diego de la Cruz
Christ of Pity - c. 1485
Around the Vacuum I - c. 1964
- El Greco (Domenikos Theotokópoulos)
The Annunciation - c. 1596-1600
Lying Figure in Mirror - c. 1971
Portrait of Martín Zapater - c. 1797
The Virgin with the Child Jesus and the Child St. John - c. 1662
- Francisco Durrio
Head of Christ - c. 1895-1896
Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles - c. 1913
- Jan Mandijn (or Mandyn)
Burlesque Feast - c. 1550
The Relic - c. 1893
Portrait of an armed Gudari (basque soldier) called Odysseus - c. 1975
St. Sebastian cured by the Holy Women - c. 1621
- José Gutiérrez Solana
On the Game - c. 1915-1917
Basket of Flowers - c.1671
- Luis Fernández
Head of Dead Bull - c. 1939
Still-Life with Fruit and Jug - c. 1773
View of the Arenal at Bilbao - c. 1783-1784
The Abduction of Europa - c. 1590
Woman seated with a child in her arms - c. 1890
- Michel Erhart
Saint Ana, the Virgin and Child - c. 1485-1490
Lot and his Daughters - c. 1628
Le Chasseur - c. 1933
Bathers - c. 1896-1898
Washerwomen in Arles - c. 1888
Nude Woman Reading - c. 1920
Kabuki Actor as Wood cutter - c. 1815
