After the success in Bucharest, in Art Safari, the exhibition dedicated to Queen Maria is in the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu.
“Regina Maria in Brukenthal” brings in front of the public works painted by the sovereign, furniture designed by her, personal objects, a large collection of photos with it and the members of the royal family, medals and decorations, as well as its impressive collection of jewelry, from the heritage of the Peleș National Museum, the Cotroceni Museum and the Cotroceni Museum. The exhibition is presented by the Regina Maria health network.
“The Brukenthal National Museum has the great honor to host in Sibiu a lot of heritage pieces that have to do with the Royal Family of Romania and especially to Queen Maria. It is the most important exhibition dedicated to the Royal Family of Romania that was organized at the Brukenthal National Museum. And private collections. said Alexandru Constantin Chituță, director of the Brukenthal National Museum.
“The whole way of life of Queen Maria bears the imprint of her vision of royalty. Becoming sovereign in September 1914, she became involved in the political life of the country with tact and boldly. On October 15, 1922 she had the great joy of participating, together with her husband, at the coronation of Alba Iulia. The Romanian ladies from the sixteenth century ”, said Narcis Dorin Ion, director of the Peleș National Museum.
“Queen Mary is and remains for us an inspiration, through the strength of her values: the care for people and respect for everything that means culture and artistic expressiveness. Today, we honor the inheritance of the queen and we join Art Safari, convinced that art has the power to reconnect with ourselves, The complexity of Queen Mary’s personality, a symbol of innovation and courage. said Fady Chreih, general director of the Health Network Regina Maria.
The Queen of Mary of Romania remained in history not only through the heroic deeds during the Great War, but also through the artistic side of her being. His work enriches the national heritage. The year 2025 marks 150 years since the birth of Queen Maria (1875-1938).
Since youth, Princess Maria showed interest in painting and drawing, passions that were very concerned, at that time, the aristocracy and nobility, and in the royal families they had become – together with music – almost mandatory “materials” in the education of prince. The first “very good” lessons were taken by the young princess, for six weeks, with Professor Ruth Mercier, “famous for painting flowers”, whose “watercolor technique was without a pair” and which offered the future “sound teachings”. (see the story of my life, vol. 2). Passionate the whole life of gardens and nature, he painted exclusively flowers-lilies, poppies, irides, water lilies-in a specific way to Art Nouveau.
Queen Maria was also attracted to the design of furniture, and many of the pieces she conceived decorated the interiors of the Pelișor Castle. Part of his creation can be seen in the present exhibition, made in collaboration with the Brukenthal National Museum, the Peleș National Museum, the Cotroceni National Museum and supported by the Regina Maria health network.
The exhibition offers visitors a true foray into the life and art of one of the most emblematic figures of the Romanian monarchy. The event is hosted at the Brukenthal National Museum, on May 9-July 5, 2025.
About Art Safari Bucharest: Art Safari, a strategic national cultural project, is specialized in the creation of exhibition pavilions. Annual organizer of the Bucharest Art Pavilion-the largest conglomerate of art exhibitions in Romania-reached the 16th edition, realizes, in partnership with the Romanian and international art museums and private collectors, extensive retrospective exhibitions that aim to recover the heritage values. With a strong educational side, its mission is to bring the art of public and educate the new generations, including by organizing art workshops, guided tours and contemporary art exhibitions in unconventional spaces, such as Henri Coanda Airport or the Bucharest subway. Art Safari is a strategic national cultural project and is carried out in partnership with the Museum of Bucharest. In the 15 editions so far, it has registered about 1 million visitors. More details: Artsafari.ro.
About Brukenthal National Museum: Inaugurated in 1817, by the heir Johann Michael Joseph von Brukenthal, the museum is the first open on today’s territory. The museum administers, in eight headquarters, over 1,600,000 pieces. In the Brukenthal National Museum can be discovered: the most important collection of Flemish and Dutch painting in Eastern Europe, Baussner herbar-the oldest in South-East Europe and among the oldest, the oldest gypsum collection, the largest collection of fossil sharks in Romania, etc. Also in the Brukenthal National Museum there are unique pieces in our country: Bieltzitul (newly discovered mineral), the statue of the god Mithras and that of the goddess Hecate and, above all, works by Jan Van Eyck, Hans Memling, Tisiano Vellio and Paolo Veronese!
