{"id":12027,"date":"2019-05-08T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelsimona.com\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2019-05-08T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T11:29:34","slug":"the-national-art-gallery-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelsimona.com\/en\/blog\/sights-in-sofia\/the-national-art-gallery-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Art Gallery, Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Art Gallery is the largest and the most representative museum of the Bulgarian fine arts in the country. It is housed in the building of the former royal palace (declared a cultural monument in 1978), together with the National Ethnographic Museum. <\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe beginning of the collection was set in 1892 when the art department of the National Archaeological Museum was established. In 1948 by resolution of the Council of Ministers, the National Art Gallery was established as an independent institution.<\/span>
\nThe exposition of orthodox arts is presented in the crypt of the monumental temple \u201cSt. Alexander Nevski\u201d in Sofia. The collection of works of art covers a large period of time \u2013 from the adoption of Christianity as an official religion in the Roman Empire in the 4th century to the Age of Bulgarian Revival (18th \u2013 19th century), and it mainly consists of icons.<\/span>
\nThe collections of contemporary and modern Bulgarian art of the museum \u2013 from the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Dominion (1878) to the 1990s, contain more than 30,000 works of art, and they are divided into three basic expositions \u2013 high quality paintings, graphics and sculptures. <\/span>
\nThe paintings exposition is situated on the second floor of the gallery. One of the halls is dedicated to the art of the three greatest artists of the classical painting style of the 1930s \u2013 Dechko Uzunov (1899 – 1986), Iliya Petrov (1903 – 1975) and Nenko Balkanski (1907 – 1977). <\/span>
\nThe Bulgarian Impressionists are represented by Nikola Petrov (1881 – 1916), Yordan Kyuvliev (1877 – 1910), Tseno Todorov (1877 – 1953), Boris Mitov (1891 – 1963), etc. The canvases of the portrait painters Elena Karamihaylova (1875 – 1961) and Nikola Marinov (1879 – 1948) are also stored here.<\/span>
\nHere are also the masterpieces of the greatest Bulgarian artists \u2013 Vladimir Dimitrov \u2013 Maystora (The Master), Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Sirak Skitnik, Nikola Raynov, and many others.<\/span>
\nThe works of art of foreign authors, who created their art in Bulgaria, are also very important \u2013 these are the Czech artists Ivan Markvichka (1856 – 1938) and Jaroslav Vesin (1860 – 1915), etc.<\/span>
\nSome of the best achievements of Bulgarian plastic art sculptors of the 20th century are presented in the museum collection, presented on the third floor.<\/span>
\nThe national art gallery has a library containing more than 6,500 issues, thematically related to art history, works of art of various artists and thier artistic life in Bulgaria, where they serve mainly to the exposition and scientific work of its associates, but they can also be used by external specialists.<\/span>
\nBranches function at the gallery, such as the museum houses of the sculptor Ivan Lazarov and the artists Nikola Tanev and Vera Nedkova, and the crypt at the monumental temple Alexander Nevski.<\/p>\n

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\nUseful information:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em>
\n<\/span>Opening hours: 10.00 am to 6.00 pm<\/span>
\nDay off- Monday <\/span>
\n(the pay desk works until 5.30)<\/span><\/p>\n

Admission (for each of the sites)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nAdults- BGN 6 per site<\/span>
\nCombined ticket for the Gallery and the Crypt of the Monumental Temple \u201cAlexander Nevski\u201d- BGN 10<\/span>
\nSchool students, university students and seniors- BGN 3 per site<\/span>
\nFree visits are provided for: <\/span>
\nSchool students and university students of the Art Schools, disadvantaged people upon presenting the respective documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prices for guided tours (guided tours are only conduced upon a preliminary request in Bulgarian, Russian, English, French and German language):<\/strong> <\/span><\/em>
\nGuided tours for groups of up to 5 people- BGN 20<\/span>
\nGuided tours for groups of more than 5 people- BGN 30<\/span><\/p>\n

Contacts of National Art Gallery<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n1, Knyaz Alexander I Square, Sofia <\/span>
\nTel:<\/strong> +359 2 9800093<\/span>
\nWebsite:<\/strong> www.nationalartgallerybg.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Route to National Art Gallery from Art Hotel Simona***:<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2022 Tramway \u2116 22 – transfer from the station “Vazkresenie Blvd.” to “Youth Theatre”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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