Address: Calea Victoriei no. 49-53
Phone: 4021-314-81-19


Traveler Reviews

The European Section Has A Fine Array Of Old Master Paintings
Reviewed by margatemensch on Dec 10, 2009


This huge,palatial aer museum has splendid collections of Italian paintings(Domenico Veneziano up to Pannini),German paintimgs(South Tyrol Master up to Johan Tischbein),Flemish paintings(including Jan Van Hemessen,Teniers the Younger,Rubens)Spanish paintings(including El Greco,Zurbaran,Alonso Canp),Dutch Master paintings(from Pieter Aertsen up to Rembrandt and His Workshop,Ludolf Bakhuysen),and French Impressiomist paintings(Monet,Pissarro,Sisley).This art museum emphasizes the Old Masters and this museum has good lighting and things are arranged in an appealing manner,according to country of origin.Personal favorites were;Bernardino Licinio's"Return of Prodigal Son",Hans von Aachen's"3 Graces",Aegidus Saseler's"Hall of Hradcany",Monet's"Camille In Green Dress"and Signac's"Gate". Also paintings are labelled in English as well as Romanian.So enjoy this gem of an art museum.

Grigorescu exhibit is excellent!
Reviewed by 6mbelowsealevel on Jan 12, 2008


While visiting Bucharest for New Year 07/08 we took in a quick visit to the fine arts museum opposite the Athenaeum. It looked closed from the outside but the staff were welcoming and friendly. The regular exhibits of European art are fairly limited and not particularly impressive. The building, a former royal palace, is not in any way notable. However the current temporary exhibit featuring Romanian impressionist painter Nicolai Gigorescu is very much worth seeing. Grigorescu was a prolific worker who experimented with a number of styles including pointilism (Seurrat), pastoral and beach scenes (Hague school), military scenes ... This was definitely the cultural highlight in a city which in mid-winter certainly has few attractions for a tourist.