Jean Brusselmans, The Companions of Art, 1939

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Old Masters Museum and Modern Museum)Mont des Arts

Jean Brusselmans: The Artist at Work

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Sketches, unfinished paintings and archives from the donation of Brusselmans's heirs show how the Belgian modernist worked, in the Spilliaert Room.

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Among the drawings sits an embroidery that Jean Brusselmans's wife stitched from one of his designs, next to a Chinese print he kept in his own collection. Both came to the museum from his heirs, who gave and bequeathed more than 300 drawings, 22 paintings and a stack of archive papers.

This is a small rotation in the Spilliaert Room, and it shows the work before it was finished: preparatory sketches, paintings he never completed, letters and everyday objects. You see how a picture got made rather than the picture on the wall. The same room also shows a close reading of a single Jean Delville drawing.

Pair it with Bozar's Brusselmans retrospective, about 120 finished works, which runs until 31 January 2027 and is partnered by this museum. Entry here is included with the collections ticket (13 EUR adult, under-18s free).

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His wife's embroidery
Look for the embroidery his wife made after one of his drawings, a domestic piece that turns his line into thread.
The Chinese print
Look for the Chinese print from Brusselmans's personal collection, an image he chose to live with rather than one he made.