The National Gallery of Armenia is the largest art museum in the country, located in Republic Square, Yerevan. It shares the same building with the History Museum of Armenia.
The National Gallery was founded in 1921 and houses an extensive collection of Armenian, European, Russian art, as well as Oriental pieces and real medieval artifacts. In 1935, the gallery became an independent institution, and in 1947, it was granted the status of National Gallery.
The first director and founder of the gallery was Ruben Drampyan, an Armenian painter and art historian.
Today, the National Gallery holds over 25,000 works of art, including paintings, sculptures, graphic works, and decorative art. The collection is divided into several sections, with the most prominent being medieval manuscripts, church frescoes, and contemporary Armenian paintings.
The works on display include pieces by famous Armenian painters such as Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Martiros Saryan, Minas Avetisyan, Hakob Kojoyan, Arshile Gorky, and others.
The Russian art collection mainly consists of works from the 18th to 20th centuries, featuring artists like Vasily Surikov, Ilya Repin, and more.
The European art collection includes works from the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools, with notable artists such as Tintoretto, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Théodore Rousseau, and others.
The gallery also regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, and organizes educational programs, art lectures, and guided tours.
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