Adriaen Brouwer exhibition in Oudenaarde (Belgium)

The possibility of seeing works by flemish painters It is one of the attractions of a tourist trip to the Flanders region en Belgium.

This attraction is currently much greater given the program of activities Flamenco Masters that Flanders It is being developed from now until 2020.

This program is focused on highlighting its most famous artists, such as Rubens, Bruegel y VanEyck.

But it is also the opportunity to discover other lesser-known artists.

Adriaen Brouwer exhibition

This is the case of Adriaen Brouwer, of which in his hometown of Oudenaarde one has just been inaugurated exposure that you will be able to visit until December 16 of this year 2018.

This is the exposure most important of those made so far by this 17th century artist, as it is the first time that such a number of works by brewer.

From the artistic point of view, the great importance of Adriaen Brouwer is that it is a bridge figure between Bruegel, from the 16th century, and the landscape and customs tradition of the 17th century.

Although in his time brewer was a very popular artist, today he is much less known than Rubens y Van Dyck.

In the exhibition that takes place in the MOU Museum of Oudenaarde Located in the imposing Gothic town hall building, 27 of the 65 cataloged works by this Flemish painter are presented.

The exhibition begins with a multimedia presentation in which you have a first contact with the history and work of Adriaen Brouwer, and then you can visit the two rooms where the works collected over three years from different institutions are displayed.

Who is Adriaen Brouwer

If you don't know brewer, as was my case before visiting the exhibition that opened in September, you may be surprised to see that all his works are small format paintings.

brewer was known as the new Bruegel for his interest in lower class people and customs outside Christian standards, as well as for the comic sense of his works.

In this regard he was influenced by comic theater, which greatly appreciated caricatured characters.

He also stood out for being a landscape painter, although he focused on it during his last stage when he changed the traditional canons of Bruegel.

He was a great observer of people, their customs and emotions, reflecting in his paintings people's reactions to pain, sounds or smells.

He is considered a master of moments and situations, and as for landscapes, he reflected a special atmosphere.

Most of the works on display are traditional, with a tavern atmosphere, with people smoking or drinking, or at parties with friends.

Adriaen Brouwer He was a virtuoso painter highly appreciated by his contemporaries, such as Rembrandt y Rubens, and specifically the latter had a close relationship with him and helped him a lot because he was very poor.

In fact Rubens He was the owner of several works of brewer.

He was so popular that his work was widely copied by other artists, as can be seen in the Oudenaarde exhibition, where you will only be able to see a single self-portrait.

In fact, a good part of his work is made up of self-portraits, a pictorial genre in which, in addition to his own portrait, he showed grouped figures of other artists of the time.

All these characteristics are shown in the exhibition, which is divided into four themes: brewer as new Bruegel; Leisure and fun, the happy companies of brewer; Master of emotions; and brewer as a landscape painter.

Tapestry exhibition

During your visit you can also see the MOU museum tapestry collection shown in the old 14th century cloth market.

On display are 15 large tapestries from a collection of 30 specimens, which were made in the second half of the XNUMXth century to Alexander Farnese.

These tapestries were designed in the workshops of the city of Oudenaarde, which gained fame in its time for the creation of what is known as green tapestries, in which landscapes are shown.

Likewise, during the period of the Flemish painter's exhibition, a contemporary art exhibition at Pamele Church in which various current artists, inspired by brewer, present works that are characterized by their critical, ironic and sarcastic style.

Brouwer exhibition hours in Oudenaarde

The Adriaen Brouwer exhibition schedules They are, from Monday to Sunday, from 9,30:18 a.m. to 10 p.m., with special hours on Thursdays as they close at XNUMX p.m.

You can do the exhibition visit until December 16, 2018.

Brouwer exhibition ticket prices

The ticket prices They are, for adults, 10 euros, and with an audio guide, 12 euros; seniors +65, 8 euros; students, 5 euros; children from 12 to 18 years old, 1,50 euros; and children under 12 euros, free entry.

You have to get the tickets buy in advance through the official website, so you will have to choose a specific time for your access.

The ticket price includes a discount of one euro for the visit of the contemporary art exhibition in Pamele church. whose price standard it is 6 euros.