National Museum Cardiff, GB-WLS

National Museum Cardiff
Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd
카디프 국립 박물관

영국 웨일스(Wales) 카디프(Cardiff)에 위치한 국립박물관으로 예전 이름은 National Museum of Wales이었습니다. 7개의 웨일즈 정부 박물관인 웨일즈 국립박물관(Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales) 중 하나입니다.

예술과 고고학, 지질학, 자연사 등의 과학 분야를 중심으로 전시가 이루어지고 있습니다. 무료로 개방되어 있어서 입장료는 없지만 기부금(donations)을 받고 있습니다.

National Museum of Wales은 1905년에 설립되었습니다. 박물관 건설은 1912년에 시작되었는데, 제1차 세계대전으로 인해 1922년까지 일반인들에게 오픈되지는 않았습니다. 1927년에 공식적인 개관합니다.

National Museum of Art는 2011년에 개관하였으며, 웨일스의 거장들과 다른 유명한 작가들의 작품을 소장하고 있습니다. 주목할 만한 웨일스 작가들의 작품들을 볼 수 있습니다.

웨일스의 사업가였던 데이비드 데이비스(David Davies, 1818-1890)의 손녀딸인 그웬돌린(Gwendoline Davies, 1882-1951)과 마가렛(Margaret Davies, 1884-1963) 데이비스가 1950년대와 1960년대에 걸쳐 국립박물관에 기증하면서 프랑스 미술 컬렉션도 갖춰지게 됩니다.

두 자매가 기중한 작품들 중에 가장 유명한 것은 첫번째 인상주의 전시회에 전시되었던 오귀스트 르누아르(Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919)의 파리의 여인(La Parisienne, 1874)과 오귀스트 로댕(Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917)의 키스(Kiss) 작품들 중 청동(bronze) 버전의 작품이라고 합니다.

 

National Museum Cardiff. Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Author: Ham II

National Museum Cardiff. Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Author: Ham II

 

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Landscape at Auvers in the Rain (Auvers sous la pluie), July 1890, oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm, National Museum of Art, Cardiff, Wales (F811, JH2096)

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Landscape at Auvers in the Rain (Auvers sous la pluie), July 1890, oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm, National Museum of Art, Cardiff, Wales (F811, JH2096)

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Landscape at Auvers in the Rain (Auvers sous la pluie), July 1890, oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm, National Museum of Art, Cardiff, Wales (F811, JH2096)