Forty years of documentation relating to Ensor form the base of this exceptional collection. As an important source for research, its acquisition by the Orcona Fund and the fact that it has now been entrusted to the Mu.ZEE in Ostend, means that this body of information about Ensor can be kept in Belgium for everyone’s benefit.
A bust, probably representing the violinist Irma Sèthe, one of Eugène Ysaÿe’s students and a central figure in the Belgian avant-garde, has joined the KBR Museum thanks to the intervention of the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, managed by the KBF.
The Comte Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired an extremely rare, 18th century Meissen porcelain bowl that was part of the armorial service of Charles-Alexander of Lorraine. As of today, the bowl is on show for everyone to admire at the City of Brussels Museum, in the King’s House. A real feast for the eyes!
In 2024, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Surrealism. The opportunity to highlight our Prize Jacqueline Nonkels! This prize is awarded to an initiative that contributes to the conservation and promotion of Belgian Surrealist heritage.
The Marie-Jeanne Dauchy Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has acquired Léon Spilliaert’s design for the cover of Fernand Crommelynck’s play 'Le Sculpteur de Masques', published by Léon Deman. The work has been entrusted to the Prints Department of the Royal Library of Belgium.
