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Museum Of Ixelles
The Museum of Ixelles (french: Musée d'Ixelles, nl, Museum van Elsene), also called the (Municipal) Museum of Fine Arts of Ixelles (french: Musée (communal) des Beaux-Arts d'Ixelles, link=no, nl, (Gemeentelijk) Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Elsene, link=no), is a municipal art museum in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on Belgian art from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is located at 71, / in Ixelles. It is served by the bus stops / (on line 71) and Malibran (on lines 38 and 60). History The Museum of Fine Arts of Ixelles was founded in 1892 to house a collection of works donated by the painter and collector Edmond De Pratere and grew rapidly with donations from generous patrons such as Léon Gauchez (1825–1907), Fritz Toussaint (1846–1920) and Max Janlet (1903–1976). The art patron Octave Maus (1856–1919) donated more than 200 impressionist, neo-impressionist and symbolist works. In 2018, the museum closed for renovations and an expansion. It is planned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixelles
( French, ) or (Dutch, ), is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, Etterbeek, Forest, Uccle, Saint-Gilles and Watermael-Boitsfort. , the municipality had a population of 87,632 inhabitants. The total area is , which gives a population density of . In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the city and is particularly noted for its communities of European and Congolese immigrants. Geography Ixelles is located in the south-east of Brussels and is divided into two parts by the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, which is part of the City of Brussels. The municipality's smaller western part includes the Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat and extends roughly from the Avenue Louise to the /, whilst its la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
