At the end of his life, Constantin Meunier, the man who, like no other, knew how to give the Belgian worker a dignified, almost heroic face through his realistic and committed art, had this studio house built in the rue de l'Abbaye in Ixelles. The renowned architect Ernest Delune, who had designed several buildings in the Art Nouveau style, agreed to design it.
This is more of an eclectic-style home, with three adjoining rooms dating from the early twentieth century behind the rather sober facade. A corridor leads from the house to the spacious studio, where the impressive glass roof provides the perfect backdrop for the artist's paintings and plaster and bronze statues. After being purchased by the Belgian state in 1936, the house and studio were given their current use as a museum in 1939.
A fascinating visit at the crossroads of visual art, social history and - of course - architecture.
Archived by Ernest DELUNE, 1899
18/10/2025
| FR | 11:00; 12:00; 14:30; 15:30; 16:30 |
| NL | 11:30; 15:00; 17:00 |
| EN | 14:00; 16:00 |
Information
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| PRM | ✗ |
| WC | ✓ |
| Photos | ✓ |