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National Gallery
Εθνική Πινακοθήκη
Established	1878
Location	Pangrati, Athens, Greece
Coordinates	37°58′32″N 23°44′57″E / 37.97556°N 23.74917°E
Type	art museum
Director	Syrago Tsiara
Website	www.nationalgallery.gr/en/

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The National Gallery (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη, Ethniki Pinakothiki) is an art museum located on Vasilissis Sofias avenue in the Pangrati district, Athens, Greece. It is devoted to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century.

The newly renovated building reopened after an 8 year refurbishment, on 24 March 2021,^[1] a day before the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence.^[2]

History

It was established in 1878 as a small collection of 117 works exhibited at the Athens University. In 1896, Alexandros Soutzos, a jurist and art lover, bequeathed his collection and estate to the Greek Government aspiring to the creation of an art museum. The museum opened in 1900 and the first curator was Georgios Jakobides, a famous Greek painter who was a member of the Munich School artistic movement. After World War II the works began for a new building. After relocating the sculptures in the new National Glyptotheque, there was a discussion to renovate the main building and to build a new wing,^[3] which was actually completed in 2021.

Directors

Georgios Iakovidis (1900-1918)
Zacharias Papantoniou (1918-1940)
Georgios Stratigos (1940-1944)
Dimitrios Evangelidis (1945-1947)
Nikolaos Bertos (1947-1949)
Marinos Kalligas (1949-1971)
Andreas Ioannou (1971-1972)
Dimitris Papastamos (1972-1989)
Maria Michaelidou (1990-1991)
Marina Lampraki-Plaka (1992-2022)
Syrago Tsiara (2022- present)

Collections

The gallery exhibitions are mainly focused on post-Byzantine Greek Art. The gallery owns and exhibits also an extensive collection of European artists. Particularly valuable is the collection of paintings from the Renaissance.^{[citation needed]}

Renaissance

Joachim Beuckelaer Market Scene
Jan Brueghel the Younger The Virgin in Paradise
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Dürer
El Greco The Concert of the Angels, Christ on the Cross with the Two Maries and St John, Saint Peter
Luca Giordano Esther and Ahasuerus
Jacob Jordaens The Adoration of the Shepherds
Zanino di Pietro Virgin with Child and Angels
Jacopo del Sellaio Saint Jerome in the desert
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Eliezer and Rebecca, The Agony in the Garden
Lorenzo Veneziano Crucifixion
David Vinckeboons Wine Harvest

17th-20th century

Ivan Aivazovsky Burning of the Turkish flagship
Pieter Aertsen
Jacob Beschey Moses Drawing Water from the Rock
Braque
Antoine Bourdelle
Canaletto
Raffaello Ceccoli
Cecco del Caravaggio Youth with musical instruments
Eugène Delacroix Mounted Greek Warrior
Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life
Jacques Linard Still Life
Claude Lorrain
René Magritte The Healer (Le thérapeute), bronze sculpture, gift from Alexander Iolas
Albert Marquet
Henri Matisse
Willem van Mieris Lady with the Parrot
Piet Mondrian Landscape with a mill
Antony Francis van der Meulen
Francesco Pize
Pablo Picasso Composition
Piranesi
Francis Picabia
Rembrandt
Auguste Rodin
Peter Paul Rubens The Feast of the Epiphany, Adoration of the Shepherds
Maurice Utrillo

Greek artists

Facts

Approximately four million people have visited the National Gallery in the last 14 years. Its exhibition activity is mainly supported by sponsorships that cover up to half of its budget. The National Gallery has opened branches in Nafplion, Sparta and Corfu.^[4]

Visitor information

The gallery is situated on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, opposite the Hilton Athens in Pangrati district. It can be reached with the Athens Metro at the Evangelismos station. It had been closed since March 2013 due to expansion works^[5] and reopened in March 2021. The National Glyptotheque is situated at the "Alsos Stratou" (Military Park) in Goudi, near Kanellopoulou Avenue and can be reached with the Athens Metro at the Katehaki station.

Gallery

The Entombment of Christ by El Greco
Portrait of Simon Marten Dircsz by Pieter Aertsen
Eliezer and Rebecca by Tiepolo
Ηistoria (Allegory of History) by Nikolaos Gyzis (1892)
Sepherd with baby goat by Lazaros Fytalis
Dying Centaur by Antoine Bourdelle (1914)
Penelope, sculpture by Leonidas Drosis

References

^ "A tour of the National Gallery of Athens". www.discovergreece.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Greece marks 200 years of independence with hopes of rebirth". Reuters. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Discover the National Gallery of Athens". www.greeknewsagenda.gr. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "nationalgallery.gr | Annexes of National Gallery of Greece". Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
^ "Contact". National Gallery of Greece. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

External links

National Gallery of Athens Official website

[1] "A tour of the National Gallery of Athens". www.discovergreece.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[2] "Greece marks 200 years of independence with hopes of rebirth". Reuters. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[3] "Discover the National Gallery of Athens". www.greeknewsagenda.gr. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[4] "nationalgallery.gr | Annexes of National Gallery of Greece". Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

[5] "Contact". National Gallery of Greece. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

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+The '''National Gallery''' ({{langx|el|Εθνική Πινακοθήκη}}, ''Ethniki Pinakothiki'') is an [[art museum]] located on Vasilissis Sofias avenue in the [[Pangrati]] district, Athens, Greece. It is devoted to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century.
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-It was established in 1878 as a small collection of 117 works exhibited at the [[Athens University]]. In 1896, [[Alexandros Soutzos]], a jurist and art lover, bequeathed his collection and estate to the [[Greek Government]] aspiring to the creation of an art museum. The museum opened in 1900 and the first curator was [[Georgios Jakobides]], a famous Greek painter who was a member of the [[Munich School]] artistic movement. After World War II the works began for a new building. After relocating the sculptures in the new [[National Glyptotheque]], there is a discussion to renovate the main building and to build a new wing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discover the National Gallery of Athens|url=https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/topics/culture-society/7464-national-gallery|access-date=2021-12-10|website=www.greeknewsagenda.gr}}</ref>
+It was established in 1878 as a small collection of 117 works exhibited at the [[Athens University]]. In 1896, [[Alexandros Soutzos]], a jurist and art lover, bequeathed his collection and estate to the [[Greek Government]] aspiring to the creation of an art museum. The museum opened in 1900 and the first curator was [[Georgios Jakobides]], a famous Greek painter who was a member of the [[Munich School]] artistic movement. After World War II the works began for a new building. After relocating the sculptures in the new [[National Glyptotheque]], there was a discussion to renovate the main building and to build a new wing,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discover the National Gallery of Athens|url=https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/topics/culture-society/7464-national-gallery|access-date=2021-12-10|website=www.greeknewsagenda.gr}}</ref> which was actually completed in 2021.
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-The gallery exhibitions are mainly focused on [[Cretan School|post-Byzantine]] [[Greek Art]]. The gallery owns and exhibits also an extensive collection of European artists. Particularly valuable is the collection of paintings from the [[Renaissance]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-13|title=National Gallery – Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece|url=https://www.hisour.com/the-national-gallery-alexandros-soutzos-museum-athens-greece-6294/|access-date=2021-12-10|website=HiSoUR - Hi So You Are|language=en-US}}</ref>
+The gallery exhibitions are mainly focused on [[Cretan School|post-Byzantine]] [[Greek Art]]. The gallery owns and exhibits also an extensive collection of European artists. Particularly valuable is the collection of paintings from the [[Renaissance]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}
 ===Renaissance===
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 * [[Jacques Linard]] ''Still Life''
 * [[Claude Lorrain]]
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 * [[Albert Marquet]]
 * [[Henri Matisse]]
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 * [[Leonidas Drosis]]
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 * [[Nikos Kessanlis]]
 * [[Ioannis Kossos]]
-* [[Nikiphoros Lytras]]
+* [[Nikiforos Lytras]]
 * [[Polychronis Lempesis]]
 * [[Konstantinos Maleas]]
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 ==Facts==
-Approximately four million people have visited the National Gallery in the last fourteen years. Its exhibition activity is mainly supported by sponsorships that cover up to half of its budget.
+Approximately four million people have visited the National Gallery in the last 14 years. Its exhibition activity is mainly supported by sponsorships that cover up to half of its budget.
-The National Gallery has opened the last years branches in [[Nafplion]], [[Sparta]] and [[Corfu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/pinakothiki/parartimata.htm |title=nationalgallery.gr {{!}} Annexes of National Gallery of Greece |access-date=1 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417183450/http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/pinakothiki/parartimata.htm |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+The National Gallery has opened branches in [[Nafplion]], [[Sparta]] and [[Corfu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/pinakothiki/parartimata.htm |title=nationalgallery.gr {{!}} Annexes of National Gallery of Greece |access-date=1 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417183450/http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/pinakothiki/parartimata.htm |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 [[Category:National museums of Greece]]
 [[Category:Museums in Athens]]
-[[Category:Art museums established in 1878]]
+[[Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1878]]
 [[Category:1878 establishments in Greece]]

v t e Museums in Athens
Archaeological	Acropolis Museum Epigraphical Museum Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art Kerameikos Archaeological Museum Kanellopoulou Museum National Archaeological Museum Stoa of Attalos Archaeological Museum of Piraeus Old Acropolis Museum Pieridis Museum Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection
Byzantine and ecclesiastic	Byzantine and Christian Museum
Ethnological/historical	Athens War Museum Drossinis Museum Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum Goulandris Natural History Museum Jewish Museum of Greece Museum of the City of Athens National Historical Museum
Folklore	Museum of Greek Folk Art Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
Art museums/galleries	Athinais Cultural Center Benaki Museum B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation Deste Foundation Emfietzoglou Gallery Museum Frissiras Museum Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art Gounaropoulos Museum Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum Marika Kotopouli Museum Municipal Gallery of Athens National Gallery (Athens) National Glyptotheque National Museum of Contemporary Art Nikos Chatzikyriakos-Gikas Art Gallery Panos Aravantinos Decor Museum Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum
Industry/technology	Eugenides Foundation Hellenic Air Force Museum Hellenic Motor Museum Railway Museum of Athens Electric Railways Museum OTE Museum of Telecommunications Technopolis (Gazi)
Education/sports/ special interests	Athens University Museum Hellenic Children's Museum Hellenic Cosmos Hellenic Maritime Museum Mineralogy and Petrology Museum Museum of Anthropology of University of Athens Museum of Criminology Numismatic Museum of Athens Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece Spathario Museum Tactual Museum of Athens Theatrical Museum of Greece Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
Museum ships	Georgios Averof Velos D16 SS Hellas Liberty Olympias

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