A selection of works from our collection

The chair caner

Only a few works by Van Noos are known. This work is featured in Jaak Rau's book; it is the oldest painting in the Brugarto collection.

He is best known for his etchings and lithographs. This lithograph appeared in the 1917 “musée du livre”. It depicts the white pavilion along the Groenerei.

He filled his home on the Westmeers with antiques and painted pictures of his interior.

He was an important Bruges artist who made a significant contribution. His still lifes are particularly powerful, like this work!

This is an intriguing painting. It depicts the Vlamingbrug. He studied at the Bruges Academy of Art under Flori Van Acker. He was known for copying works by old masters such as Hans Memling.

This is as impressionistic as it gets. Up close, it is merely a collection of paint flecks, but from farther away you discover the sunlight and shadows on the wall of the beguinage. Bernard signed it on the back in July 2025.

When Julien was painting along the Seine, a man approached him and invited him to come and work as a gardener at his home. That man was Claude Monet.

This is the church of the Beguinage in Bruges. Leo became deaf and mute at a very young age. His work could be found in many Bruges homes, and he painted every corner of beautiful Bruges.

Here he painted his teacher Flori Van Acker, whom he greatly admired. He also wrote several books about Bruges, including "De school van Brugge" in 1990, in which he presented around 110 painters from the city.

The frame is just as attractive as this detailed painting. You can admire some of his paintings in Bruges’ museums.

He is considered the godfather of the Bruges School. This scene was painted in Lissewege, the white village near Bruges. Price on request.

One of the best-known painters of the Bruges School. He was called the Parisian of Bruges because he lived in Montmartre and was friends with Renoir, Degas and Monet.

A very well-known Bruges painter. Towards the end of his career, he became curator of all the museums in Bruges.

He had a distinctive style. He was from Bruges but also often painted along the coast or around Poelberg in Tielt. This is along the Yser in Diksmuide, shortly after World War I.

André loved painting in nature. He turned 101 this year.

What a lovely little painting! The garden house viewed from the Groenerei. The clean horizontal and vertical lines are typical, and characteristic of his work.

He was a painter from Roeselare who often spent time in Bruges. In 1933, he met and painted Albert Einstein. He gave his name to a painting style: “Blomism”. Price on request.

He trained many Bruges artists at the academy. He was a master of still-life painting.

He was a Liège native who came to Bruges to paint. Dr De Winter was his patron. This is a successful self-portrait from 1933.

This is a lithograph by Jules that evokes a bygone atmosphere and gives an impression of what life was like in the old days at the Bruges market. An intriguing work!

He was Dutch and came to live in Bruges because his father was director of the yeast factory. Together with Adriaan Vandewalle and HV Wolvens, he belonged to the “Animists”. Here he portrayed Anne Vandewalle, Adriaan’s daughter, who was not at all pleased with it.