The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (Spanish: ''Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao'', Basque: ''Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa'') is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar park. It is the second largest and most visited museum in the

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, after the

Bilbao Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Sp ...

and one of the richest Spanish museums outside Madrid. It houses a valuable and quite comprehensive collection of Basque, Spanish and European art from the Middle Ages to contemporary, including paintings by old masters like

El Greco Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...

Cranach Cranach is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Augustin Cranach (1554–1595), German painter *Hans Cranach (c. 1513–1537), German painter *Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472–1553), German artist *Lucas Cranach th ...

, Sofonisba Anguissola, Murillo, Goya, Luis Paret, Van Dyck,

Ruisdael Ruisdael or Ruysdael is a Dutch surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael ( 1629–1682), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, best-known of his family * Salomon van Ruysdael ( 1602–1670), Dutch Golden Age l ...

and Bellotto, together with 19th century and modern: Gustave Doré, Sorolla, Mary Cassatt, Paul Gauguin, Henri Le Sidaner, James Ensor, Jacques Lipchitz, Peter Blake, Francis Bacon and Richard Serra. Entrada Moderno

History

The Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao was established in 1908. After moving through various venues, the final headquarters were built in 1945, in a great neoclassical building that was to undertake paths expansions in 1970 and 2001 to house the growing museum collection. 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. In 2008 the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao reached its century under the slogan "100 Years of History, 10 Centuries of Art". During more than 100 years of history, the collaboration between civil society, local artists and public institutions has enabled the museum to gather an extensive collection, considered one of the most important and diverse of all Spain. Its creation is unique taking into account the importance of bequests and donations from diverse patrons and benefactors, as well as the continuous effort of the museum itself to expand through major acquisitions. Since its inception, the interest in establishing a representative artistic compendium has allowed to refine the selection criteria, and, as a result, the museum can offer and present a panoramic lengthy art history to its visitors.

Aim of the museum

In its role as a public cultural entity, the main mission is to collect, preserve, study and exhibit its own collection, pursue their enrichment, maintain services and promote quality activities in order to contribute decisively to the education of the society and projection of the cultural values of the Basque Autonomous Community.

The institution and its headquarters

The museum of Fine Arts

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum was established in 1908 and opened in 1914, guided by the will to modernize individuals and adapt to the cultural moment that the city lived. Its main objectives was to provide a space which at that time was considered essential in any modern society and provide historical role models to the local arts community that would help to complete and develop their training. Indeed, the most important impetus for the realization of the project was the contribution by the legacy of an extensive art collection of great value by the entrepreneur and philanthropist Laureano Jado. Jado was followed soon by other major donations of Antonio Plasencia, the House of Meetings of Guernica or the consulate of Bilbao. The Bilbao painter Manuel Losada is also considered one of the main promoters of the museum, and he became the director of the first office in the School of Arts and Crafts Village, located in the building of the former Civil Hospital in Achuri.

The museum of Modern Art

Through contacts of young artists with other art centers, and thanks mainly to the increasingly common regular schedule of exhibitions of contemporary art, organized on many occasions by the newly created Association of Basque Artists, a growing concern about the so-called "modern art" took place in the social and cultural environment of the city, enabling the creation of another center dedicated solely to contemporary art. Thus, on October 25, 1924 the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors where previously the Conservatory of Music was installed, owned by the council. The new museum was born with a distinctly innovative spirit of its time and, in fact, the updating of the criteria and the risk assumed with the museum initiatives differentiate the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum from the rest of museums located in Spain. The International Exhibition of 1919, held in the building of "Berastegui schools", was a key factor behind the birth of this initiative. Apart from the relevant list of national and international artists who participated in it, there was also a strong commitment from the organizers with contemporary art, shown with the acquisition by the Council of a significant set of pieces such as the work of Cassatt, Gauguin, Sidaner, Cottet, Serusier, and Spanish Anglada Camarasa, Nonell and Canals among others, and eventually entering the museum collection. Following the tradition of the directors-artists, the Basque painter Aurelio Arteta would be named director, who remained in front of it until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936.

The new building

The war affected unequally to the two museums. While the Museum of Fine Arts moved to Deposito Franco Uribitarte in Bilbao, works in the Museum of Modern Art were expatriated. The recovery of the works was an urgent determination of the new power and once achieved that goal a new need emerged to study a different location for the museum. The same year 1939 when the war ended, the County Council and the City Council reached an agreement to jointly fund the construction of the new building in the so-called park of the Three Nations (current Doña Casilda Park). The building, designed by the young architect Fernando Urrutia and Gonzalo Cárdenas, and probably inspired by the great historical museums including the Prado with neoclassic forms, combining stone and red brick. The work was completed in 1945 and in 1962 was declared "Monumento Nacional". MBBAA Atrio edificio antiguo

Extensions of the museum

With the aim of adding a new wing to the neoclassical building, the architects Alvaro Lebanon and Ricardo de Beascoa Jauregui reformed the museum with minimalist lines and modern materials such as metal and glass. This new architecture was inaugurated in 1970, staying since the contemporary art section. The museum has also undertaken various works of enlargement and improvement to enable new spaces and facilities (exhibition hall, auditorium, cabinet graphics) and the provision of new services (Restoration Department, Cataloguing, Documentation and Education, as well as a library, film library, bookstore and cafeteria). In the late nineties proprietary institutions such as the Bilbao City Council, the Provincial Council of Vizcaya and the Basque Government, aware of the growing importance of cultural facilities in the city, promoted the "Reform and Expansion Plan" at the Museum. In 1996, under the direction of Miguel Zugaza and pursuing the improvement of facilities and services, a link between the original building and its extension was added, respecting the existing architectures. In addition, to gain space for the expansion of visitor services and exhibition spaces, the entrances to the museum were also modified, placing them in the reformed Square Monument to Arriaga and the new "Plaza Chillida". The works were completed in November 2001. MBBAA_Edificio_nuevo_1971

Recent history

In December 2000, the institutions agreed to create the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation. The governing body is the Board, in which representatives of the institutions are integrated with other natural or legal persons who, for their input or knowledge of the museum activity, promote the achievement of foundational purposes. In October 2008, under the slogan "100 years of history, 10 centuries of art", the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum celebrated its centenary. In May 2009, the mayor of Bilbao Iñaki Azkuna publicly commented on the opportunity to undertake further expansions. Due to the difficulties and limitations of extending the building once again, a second placement was found where the newest art pieces are still stored. Today the museum has a total area of 13,914 m2, of which 5,089 are distributed in 33 rooms for the permanent collection, temporary exhibitions in 1142 and the rest in domestic and care visitor services. Miguel Zugaza, formerly director of the Prado Museum, is currently director of the museum since 2017. In 2019, architecture firms

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and LM Urirate were selected over six other teams to design the future expansion and remodeling of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. The expansion is to add over of new galleries within an open and flexible floor plan. MBBAA Sala Antiguo

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 ten thousand works including 1,500 paintings, 400 sculptures, more than 6,500 works on paper and 1,000 pieces of art applied. These works are spread over 33 rooms corresponding to the permanent exhibition, and the museum's collection is divided into five main sections: ancient art, modern and contemporary art, Basque art, works on paper and applied arts. The collection combines classical art, contemporary art and creations by Basque artists, as well as a small display of applied arts. The backbone of the collection is the Spanish school whose ancient and modern examples of Basque art are also part of the contemporary age. The broad representation of other schools such as the Flemish and Dutch during the 15th - 17th centuries, unique works of the Italian school, as well as some examples of Avant-garde and Post-Impressionism provide Spanish and Basque art with an international context. The collection combines classical art (Cranach, El Greco, Van Dyck, Goya), contemporary art (Bacon, Kitaj, Serra and Tàpies) and creations by Basque artists (Regoyos, Zuloaga and Echevarría), as well as a small display of applied arts. The exhibition is presented in chronological order, and covers the period from the 17th century to the present day. The collection contains over 10,000 works composed by 1,500 paintings, 400 sculptures, more than 6,500 works on paper and 1,000 pieces of art applied.

Permanent collection

The collection of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum gathers an outstanding heritage of more than 10,000 pieces: approximately 1,500 paintings, 400 sculptures, more than 6,500 works on paper and a thousand pieces of applied arts. It also preserves relevant examples of some of the major European schools from the 18th century to the present day and other exceptional collections such as the Palace collection of Oriental art, pottery collection of Manises of the 14th-16th centuries or Taramona-Basabe collection of Etruscan bronzes, Italic, Roman and Iberian, whose chronology goes back to the 6th century BC. The Flemish and Dutch painting schools are of particular interest, with renowned works of Gossart, Benson and Coecke, Mandijn, Vredeman de Vries, De Vos,

Jordaens Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Fle ...

, Van Dyck, Grebber or

. In 2012 the museum has added an important example of Lucas Cranach the Elder: ''Lucretia'' (1534). It also has the largest collection from Basque artists, becoming the maximum reference institution due to its artistic and documentary heritage, research tradition and proximity to the artists. It is worth mentioning the variety of works on paper, prints and engravings by

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, Van Meckenem, Georg Pencz, Goltzius,

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

, Sandrart,

Piranesi Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric ...

, Goya, Fortuny,

Carlos de Haes Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes (January 25, 1829 – June 17, 1898) was a Spanish painter from Belgium.Caso, E. F., ''Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole,'' ACR edition, 1997, p. 128 He was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, a ...

, Cézanne,

Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, Duchamp, Lipchitz, Utamaro,

Hokusai , known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the ...

, Rouault,

Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of ...

, Allen Jones, Immendorff,

Bacon Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sand ...

and

Antonio Saura Antonio Saura Atarés (September 22, 1930 – July 22, 1998) was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is ...

, among others. An indispensable tour of the museum includes rare works by Bermejo, Benson, Mandijn, Vredeman de Vries,

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder (german: Lucas Cranach der Ältere ; – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is know ...

, De Vos, Anthonis Mor, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Sofonisba Anguissola,

Pourbus Pourbus is a family name, often referring to a family of Flemish painters: * Pieter Pourbus (1523–1584) ** Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545–1581), his son ***Frans Pourbus the younger Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569–1622) was a Flemish pain ...

, Gentileschi, Ribera, Zurbarán, Van Dyck, Murillo,

Arellano Arellano University (AU) is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Manila, the Philippines. It was founded in 1938 as a law school by Florentino Cayco Sr., the first Filipino Undersecretary of Public Instruction. The univ ...

Meléndez Meléndez is a common surname in the Spanish language. The variant is Melendez. It may refer to: * Adolfo Meléndez * Gerardo Meléndez, Puerto Rico-born scientist * Jorge Meléndez * Carlos Meléndez (disambiguation), multiple people * Juan Mel ...

, Bellotto,

Mengs Anton Raphael Mengs (22 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replace ...

, Goya,

Paret Paret () is a surname of Catalan origin, and may refer to: * Aurélien Paret-Peintre (born 1996), French cyclist * Benny Paret (1937–1962), Cuban welterweight boxer * Eduardo Paret (born 1972), Cuban baseball player * Henri Paret (cyclist, born ...

, Villaamil, Gustave Doré, Ribot, Zamacois,

Madrazo Madrazo is a Spanish surname and sometimes uses as "Maderazo" in the Philippines and US: * Ángel Madrazo (born 1988), Spanish road cyclist * Carlos Madrazo (1915–1969), Mexican politician * Roberto Madrazo (born 1952), Mexican politician affili ...

, Gauguin, Cassatt, Sorolla, Iturrino,

Ensor The following people have the surname Ensor: * Abram G. Ensor (died 1959), American politician * Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995), British-Canadian painter and industrial designer * Beatrice Ensor (1885–1974), English theosophical educator and pe ...

, Regoyos, Romero de Torres,

Zuloaga Zuloaga is a Basque surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel Zuloaga Boneta (1852-1921), a Spanish painter and ceramist, an uncle of Ignacio * Elisa Elvira Zuloaga (1900–1980), Venezuelan painter and engraver * Eusebio Zuloaga G ...

, Sunyer, Gutiérrez Solana,

Daniel Vázquez Díaz Daniel Vázquez Díaz (January 15, 1882 – March 17, 1969) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Nerva, Spain, Vázquez Díaz settled in Paris in 1918, where he found cubism to be the ideal form of expression. Unlike other artists such as ...

, Lipchitz,

Delaunay Delaunay is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: People Arts * Catherine Delaunay (born 1969), French jazz clarinet player and composer * Charles Delaunay (1911–1988), French author and jazz expert * Joseph-Charles Delau ...

González Gonzalez or González may refer to: People * González (surname) Places * González, Cesar, Colombia * González Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico * Gonzalez, Florida, United States * González Island, Antarctica * González Anchorage, Antarctica ...

, Gargallo,

, Palazuelo,

Oteiza Oteiza or Oteiza de la Solana (Oteitza in Basque), is a village and a Spanish municipality of the Foral Community of Navarra, located in the ''merindad'' of Estella, in the Estella Oriental region, 51 km from the capital of the community, Pa ...

, Appel,

Chillida Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Early life and career Born in San Sebastián (Donostia) to Ped ...

, Caro,

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Millares Millares (Catalan: ''Millars'') is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Canal de Navarrés in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spai ...

, Tàpies,

Saura Saura may refer to: * Saura (Hinduism), a Hindu denomination * Saura calendar, the Vedic and medieval Indian solar calendar People * Antonio Saura, Spanish surrealist artist * Carlos Saura, Spanish film director * Enrique Saura, Spanish footb ...

, Lüpertz, Kitaj, Blake,

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and

Barceló Barceló is a Catalan surname, which originally appeared in Montpellier (Lords of Montpellier), today Languedoc-Roussillon (Southern France) then established in other Crown of Aragon areas like the Balearic Islands (circa 1232) or Catalonia, and ...

, among others.

Essential works

* Adolfo Guiard: ''Village Girl with Red Carnation'' - c. 1903 * Alberto Sánchez: ''Figures in a Landscape'' - c. 1960–1962 *

Ambrosius Benson Ambrosius Benson (, in Ferrara or Milan1550, in Flanders) was an Italian painter who became a part of the Northern Renaissance. While many surviving paintings have been attributed, there is very little known of him from records, and he tended no ...

: ''Pietà at the Foot of the Cross, (fragment)'' - c. 1530 *Anonymous, Catalan: ''Descent'' and ''The Flood'' or ''Noah's Ark'' - last third of the 13th century *

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

: ''Lamentation over the Dead Christ'' - c. 1634–1640 *

Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalan People, Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. Life The son of Jo ...

: ''Great Oval or Painting'' - c. 1955 * Antonis Mor (Anthonis van Dashort): ''Portrait of Philip II'' - c. 1549–1550 * Aurelio Arteta: ''The Bridge at Burceña'' - c. 1925–1930 *

Bartolomé Bermejo Bartolomé Bermejo ( 1440 – c.1501) was a Spanish painter who adopted Flemish painting techniques and conventions. Born in Cordoba, he is known for his work in the Crown of Aragon, including the Principality of Catalonia and the Kingdom of ...

: ''Flagellation of Saint Engracia'' - c. 1474–1478 *

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( , ; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporar ...

: ''St. Peter in Tears'' - c. 1650–1655 *

: ''St. Lesmes'' - c. 1655 * Bernardo Bellotto: ''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 * Eduardo Chillida: ''Around the Vacuum I'' - c. 1964 *

(Domenikos Theotokópoulos): ''The Annunciation'' - c. 1596–1600 * Francis Bacon: ''Lying Figure in Mirror'' - c. 1971 * Francisco de Goya: ''Portrait of Martín Zapater'' - c. 1797 * Francisco de Zurbarán: ''The Virgin with the Child Jesus and the Child St. John'' - c. 1662 * Paco Durrio: ''Head of Christ'' - c. 1895–1896 * Ignacio Zuloaga: ''Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles'' - c. 1913 *

Jan Mandijn Jan Mandijn or Jan Mandyn (c. 1500, Haarlem – c. 1560, Antwerp) was a Dutch Renaissance painter, who worked in Antwerp after 1530. Biography Mandijn trained in Haarlem. He moved to Antwerp in 1530.Joaquín Sorolla: ''The Relic'' - c. 1893 *

Jorge Oteiza Jorge Oteiza (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Autonomous Community, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art. Oteiza was born in ...

: ''Portrait of an armed Gudari (basque soldier) called Odysseus'' - c. 1975 * José de Ribera: ''St. Sebastian cured by the Holy Women'' - c. 1621 *

José Gutiérrez Solana José Romano Gutiérrez-Solana y Gutiérrez-Solana (28 February 1886, Madrid – 24 June 1945, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, engraver and author. He usually signed his paintings as "J. Solana". Generally, he is considered to be an Expression ...

: ''On the Game'' - c. 1915–1917 *

Juan de Arellano Juan de Arellano (3 August 1614 – 13 October 1676) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque era who specialized in floral still life paintings. Biography Born in Santorcaz, near Madrid, where he died. He was a pupil of Juan de Solis. Heavily i ...

: ''Basket of Flowers'' - c.1671 *

: ''Lucrecia'' - c. 1530 * Luis Fernández: ''Head of Dead Bull'' - c. 1939 * Luis Meléndez: ''Still-Life with Fruit and Jug'' - c. 1773 *

Luis Paret y Alcázar Luis Paret y Alcázar (11 February 1746 – 14 February 1799) was a Spanish painter of the late- Baroque or Rococo period. Biography He was born in Madrid he first trained with Antonio González Velázquez and attended the Academia Real de San ...

: ''View of the Arenal at Bilbao'' - c. 1783–1784 *

Marten de Vos Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532 – 4 December 1603)Maerten de Vos
at the

: ''The Abduction of Europa'' - c. 1590 * Mary Cassatt: ''Woman seated with a child in her arms'' - c. 1890 * Michel Erhart: ''Saint Ana, the Virgin and Child'' - c. 1485–1490 * Orazio Gentileschi: ''Lot and his Daughters'' - c. 1628 * Óscar Domínguez: ''Le Chasseur'' - c. 1933 *

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...

: ''Bathers'' - c. 1896–1898 * Paul Gauguin: ''Washerwomen in Arles'' - c. 1888 * Robert Delaunay: ''Nude Woman Reading'' - c. 1920 * Utagawa Kunisada: ''Kabuki Actor as Wood cutter'' - c. 1815

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