Галерија Матице Српске Galerija Matice Sprpske | |
Logo of the Gallery of Matica Srpska | |
The Gallery of Matica Srpska entrance | |
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| Established | 14 October 1847; 178 years ago (1847-10-14) |
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| Location | Novi Sad,Serbia |
| Coordinates | 45°15′09″N19°50′45″E / 45.2525°N 19.8457°E /45.2525; 19.8457 |
| Type | Art museum National History Museum |
| Collection size | More than 7,000 paintings |
| Director | Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski (2010–present) |
| Website | www |
TheGallery of Matica Srpska (Serbian:Galerija Matice Srpske,Serbian Cyrillic:Галерија Матице Српске) is one of the largest and oldest galleries inSerbia. It is located in the central zone ofNovi Sad, next toPavle Beljanski Memorial Collection.
The Gallery was established on 14 October 1847, with contributions fromSava Tekelija who left a valuable family portrait collection to theMatica Srpska, and other Serb merchants who made endowments and donations to the gallery.[1]
The building of Gallery of Matica Srpska was declared aMonument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979.[2]
The Gallery of Matica Srpska has acted as an independent institution apart fromMatica srpska since 1958. Collections in The Gallery of Matica Srpska mostly consists of paintings from all periods of the national history of art.[3][4]
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