The spotlight is on dozens of collectors who ensured the future of their passion by donating their objects to the museum, thus enriching the museum’s collection. The exhibition links objects in the museum to artworks owned by contemporary private collectors, with whom the museum has forged close ties.
Includes works by: Pierre Alechinsky, Hendrick Andriessen, Karel Appel, Simon Bening, Antoine Bourdelle, Jacques Callot, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Charles Degroux, Colijn de Coter, Cornelis de Heem, Raoul De Keyser, Juliaan Dillens, Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot, Louis Dubois, James Ensor, Henri Evenepoel, Léon Frédéric, Fernand Khnopff, Hans Hartung, Henri Leys, Meester Arnt, Constantin Meunier, George Minne, László Moholy-Nagy, Lelio Orsi, Auguste Rodin, Félicien Rops, Medardo Rosso, Peter Paul Rubens, Roelant Savery, Frans Snijders, Léon Spilliaert, Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Josse Sébastien Van den Abeele, Frits Van den Berghe, Théo Van Rysselberghe, Guillaume Vogels, Gustaf Wappers,…