Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum

The Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum (Romanian: Muzeul de Artă Frederic Storck și Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck) is a modern art museum located in Bucharest, Romania, dedicated to the artists Frederic Storck and Cecilia Cuţescu-Storck.

Museum exterior

The museum is located in the house designed by the artists with the help of architect Alexandru Clavel and constructed in 1912–1913. The artists donated their collection to the government which opened the museum in 1951.[1] Currently, the house belongs to the brothers Alvaro and Alexandru Botez, who have agreed to lend it to The Bucharest Municipality Museum in order for the art collection to be preserved.[2]

The museum presents works of artists of the Storck family: Karl Storck, Carol Storck, Frederic Storck, and Cecilia Cuţescu-Storck. It also includes medieval is faher objects of Medieval religious sculptures as well as watercolours, coins and medals by Carol Szathmari.[3]

References
  1. Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris [Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tritonic. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73849-750-4.
  2. "THE FREDERIC STORCK AND CECILIA CUȚESCU STORCK MUSEUM – Muzeul Municipiului Bucuresti". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. "Muzeul 'Frederic si Cecilia Storck' Archived 2010-02-19 at the Wayback Machine", Museum.ici.RO. (in English)

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