The Fine Arts Museum in Budapest

The Museum of Fine Arts-Budapest was built in 1906 during the Golden Age of the Austria-Hungarian monarchy, in a turn-of-the-century style with evidence of Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque eras. The Museum of Fine Arts has a world-famous Spanish collection with important artists like Velazquez, El Greco, and Goya. The Italian gallery includes such greats as Raphael, Giorgione and Correggio. The modern French collection includes artists such as Courbet, Manet, Monet and Toulouse-Lautrec. The museum also has a big collection of Dutch art as well as modern art, Egyptian art and graphic art.

One of the best ways to learn about art is to study the classics. And what better place to study the classics than at one of the best museums in Europe. In this free art appreciation series, an art expert will take you around the galleries of the Budapest Museum of Art and point out the qualities which make classic paintings timeless works of art. Learn about lighting, brush stokes, framing, subject matter and other aspect of these famous paintings.

"The building of the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest is a beautiful building. It was built in 1906 or turn of the century in historicist style. So therefore, no one should wonder if you can see a mixture of different architectural styles like Romanesque, or Renaissance, or Baroque. We differentiate between different halls by saying this is Baroque Hall, Renaissance Hall, or Romanesque Hall. So this is a building that was built in the Golden Age of Hungary during the Austria-Hungarian monarchy. The Museum of Fine Arts has many very good collections. One of them for example is the world-famous Spanish collection with wonderful artists like Velazquez, El Greco, Goya, or I could mention the Italian gallery with Raphael, with Cicione, with Giorgione, Correggio, and I could go on forever. And we've got modern French collection as well, with artists such as Courbet, Manet, Monet, Toulous-Lautrec, and so many others. We've got a big Dutch collection with everything from the 17th century, Dutch art in general. So please come with me and let's talk about art."