Musée Wiertz Museum (Inacessible from 11.10.2024)
The Musée Wiertz will be temporarily closed for works from 11/10.
The work will involve renovating the museum entrance (outside and inside) and the caretaker's lodge. The Wiertz Museum will be closed to the public for the duration of the works, which should be completed by summer 2025.
Immerse yourself in the particular world of painter, sculptor and writer Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865), one of Belgium's most controversial Romantic artists. This visionary had this impressive studio built in 1850 at the expense of the Belgian State. His monumental paintings, inspired by the great masters of the past such as Rubens, Michelangelo and Raphael, hang there alongside his many small sketches.
The museum, which has preserved its original atmosphere, is dedicated to painter, sculptor and writer Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865), a somewhat controversial artistic figure of the Belgian Romantic movement.
Wiertz loved the spectacular, painting giant canvasses to indulge his thirst for the excessive, like the more than 8 metres long Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus. Wiertz is also known for his dramatic subjects and horror scenes, such as his Premature Burial. His most famous painting is probably Two Girls (La Belle Rosine), in which a young woman faces a skeleton, reflecting the artist's fascination with death and the fragility of human life. Wiertz also produced numerous portraits and self-portraits.
History of the collection
The construction of this workshop-museum in the Léopold district of Brussels was agreed in 1850 between Wiertz and the Belgian government. During the year following the artist's death, the entire collection of works then in his studio was bequeathed to the state. Since 1868, the Wiertz Museum has been part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Address
Musée Wiertz Museum (Inacessible from 11.10.2024)
Rue Vautier / Vautierstraat 62
1050 Brussels
+32 (0)2 648 17 18
For groups (with museum guide or unguided), please book at reservation@fine-arts-museum.be
Hours
Tuesdays – Fridays: 10:00-12:00 and 12:45-17:00
Saturdays - Sundays : only for groups with booking and museum guide
Closed: on Mondays and January 1st, 1 May, 24 September, 1 November, 11 November, 25 December
On 24 and 31 December, the Museums close at 14:00
Map
Admission
Free admission
