The National Museum of Art of Romania, located in the former royal palace in the center of Bucharest, Romania, features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family. Bucharest has had a varied history from ancient times, even though it only became Romanias principal city since the mid 19th century. ...

The museum was damaged during the fighting connected to the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1989. It 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public; the excellent medieval collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceauşescu era, reopened only in spring 2002. For other people named Ceausescu or CeauÅŸescu, see Ceausescu (disambiguation). ... A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ...

The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncuşi and Dimitrie Paciurea and paintings by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Patrascu, and Gheorghe Tattarescu. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dimitrie Paciurea (November 23, 1873 - July 14, 1932) was a Romanian sculptor. ... Nicolae Grigorescu (15 May 1838, Pitaru, DâmboviÅ£a - 21 July 1907, Câmpina) is one of the founders of modern Romanian painting. ... Self-potrait by Theodor Pallady Theodor Pallady (born 1871 in IaÅŸi, died 1956 in Bucharest) was a Romanian painter. ...

The international collection includes works by Old Masters such as Domenico Veneziano, El Greco, Tintoretto, Jan van Eyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt, plus a smattering of works by impressionists such as Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. Among the most famous Old Master works in the collection are Jacopo Amigoni's portrait of the singer Farinelli, a Crucifixion by Antonello da Messina, and Alonso Cano's Christ At The Column. An Old Master (or old master) is one of the great European painters who lived 1500 through 1800, or a painting by one of these painters. ... Domenico Veneziano (c. ... Baptism of Christ, painted 1596–1600 El Greco (medieval Castilian for the Greek) is the name by which Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος Domênikos Theotokópoulos (1541,Heraklion, Crete,Greece – April 7, 1614, Toledo, Spain), a Greek-Spanish painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish school, is best known. ... Detail of a self-portrait Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Robusti; 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of Italian Renaissance. ... The Arnolfini Portrait, painted 1434 Jan van Eyck (c. ... Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. ... The Adoration of the Magii, painted 1624. ... Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important United Provinces (Netherlands) painter of the seventeenth century. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ... Claude Monet Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist painter. ... Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garonne. ... Categories: Artist stubs | 1682 births | 1752 deaths | Italian painters ... Farinelli (January 24, 1705-July 15, 1782), whose real name was Carlo Broschi, was one of the most famous Italian soprano castrato singers of the 18th century. ... Antonello da Messina (c. ... Born 1601, died 1667. ...

External links

• Official site of the museum
• Site about the building itself