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TheCraiova Art Museum (Romanian:Muzeul de Artă din Craiova) is anart museum in the city ofCraiova,Oltenia, Romania.
The museum is housed in the Constantin Mihail Palace, built from 1898 to 1907 according to the plans of French architect Paul Gottereau.[1] The palace once belonged toMichael Constantine (1837–1908), a member of one of the richest families in Romania[2] and is known as Jean Mihail Palace.[3] The palace is decorated withCarrara marble stairs,Lyon silk walls,Murano glass chandeliers, painted ceilings, partly gildedstucco, andVenetian mirrors.[2] It has hosted kings of Romania, in 1939 the exiled Polish presidentIgnacy Mościcki (1867–1946), and the former Yugoslav leaderJosip Broz Tito (1892–1980).[4]
The museum was founded in 1954. It is the main art museum in Craiova and is a significant tourist attraction for the city.[5] A major attraction of the museum is the gallery dedicated toConstantin Brâncuși, exhibiting six of his early sculptures (including variants of his best-known works):Vitellius (1898),Miss Pogany (1902),The Vainglory (1905),Boy's Head (1906),The Kiss (1907), andWoman Torso (1909). It also has a variety of paintings by important Romanian masters such asTheodor Aman,Nicolae Grigorescu,Vasile Popescu,Ștefan Luchian, andTheodor Pallady, together with some Romanian icons.
The palace is listed as ahistoric monument by Romania'sMinistry of Culture and Religious Affairs.[6]
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