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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Place Royale 1, 1000 BRU.
Map 2 D4. Tel (02) 508 3211.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.
Closed Mon, public hols.
7 8 = ∑ fine-arts-
museum.be. Musée Magritte
∑ musee-magritte-museum.be
Transport
@ 27, 29, 38, 63, 65, 66, 71.
v 92, 93. q Gare Centrale, Parc.
. La Seine à la Grande-Jatte (1888)
It was in this painting that Georges Seurat first
applied his pointilism technique on a large scale;
colour dots are juxtaposed and optically fuse in
the viewer’s eye.
Level -4
La Nature (1899–1900)
Czech artist Alphonse
Mucha was best known for
Level -3 his Art Nouveau poster
designs, but he also
created jewellery, stained
glass and sculptures like
this bronze, La Nature.
Level -6
Le Christ Vert ou
Calvaire Breton (1889)
In one of the key works of
Symbolism in painting, Paul
Gauguin depicts a Breton
woman at the foot of a
calvary, or sculpture of
Christ’s crucifixion.
Level -5
Key
Level -8
Musée Fin de Siècle: 19th
and 20th century
Musée Magritte: 1898–1929
Musée Magritte: 1930–1950
Musée Magritte: 1951–1967
Level -7 Musée Magritte: multimedia area
Temporary exhibitions
Non-exhibition space
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