The National Gallery of Slovenia ( sl, Narodna galerija) is the national

art gallery An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...

of Slovenia. It is located in the capital Ljubljana. It was founded in 1918, after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the establishment of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Initially, it was hosted in the

Kresija Palace The Kresija Building ( sl, palača Kresija) is a building that together with Philip Mansion marks the entrance to the old town of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It stands at the Adamič and Lunder Embankment () on the right bank of the river L ...

of Ljubljana, but moved to the present location in 1925.

The building

National Gallery of Slovenia at night 2019 (48728021908)

The present building was built in 1896, during the administration of Mayor Ivan Hribar, whose ambition was to transform Ljubljana into a representative capital of all the Slovene Lands. It was designed by the Czech architect František Škabrout and was first used as a Slovenian cultural center (''Narodni dom'') as the central seat of various cultural associations of national importance. The building stands near Tivoli Park and was completely renovated in 2013-2016. In the early 1990s, an extension to the main building was built by the Slovene architect Edvard Ravnikar. In 2001, a large transparent glass gallery, designed by the

Sadar + Vuga Sadar + Vuga, d.o.o., is a Slovenian architectural bureau that was established in 1996 by the architects Jurij Sadar and Boštjan Vuga. It has become one of the most notable Slovenian architectural bureaus with a number of exhibitions and its works ...

architecture bureau, was built to connect the two wings of the building.

The exhibits

The gallery hosts a permanent art collection from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. The original of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

Robba fountain The Robba Fountain ( sl, Robbov vodnjak), since the first half of the 20th century also known as the ''Fountain of the Three Carniolan Rivers'' (), is the fountain that stands in front of Ljubljana Town Hall at Town Square in Ljubljana, the capita ...

can also be seen in the central glass gallery of the building, where it was moved after extensive restoration in 2008. Image:Jezus pred Pilatom.jpg, Unknown author: Vlad III the Impaler as Pilate Judging Jesus (15th century) Image:Pietro Liberi - Antični prizor.jpg, Pietro Liberi: ''Antiquity Scene'' (17th century) Image:TomincJozef-avtoportret.JPG,

Jožef Tominc Giuseppe Tominz, also known as Jožef Tominc (6 July 179024 April 1866), was an Italian-Slovene painter from the Austrian Littoral. He worked mostly in the cultural milieu of the upper bourgeoisie in the Austrian Illyrian Kingdom. He was one of ...

: ''Self-Portrait'' (1830s) Image:Künl - Ribji trg NGS2024.jpg,

Pavel Künl Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

: ''Fish Square in Ljubljana'' ("Ribji trg"), 1847 Image:JurijSubic-Pred lovom.jpg, Jurij Šubic: ''Before the Hunt'' ("Pred lovom"; 19th century) Image:Kofetarica (Coffee drinker; National Gallery of Slovenia, y. 1888).jpg,

Ivana Kobilca Ivana Kobilca (20 December 1861 – 4 December 1926) is the most prominent Slovenes, Slovene female Painting, painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a Realism (arts), realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich ...

: ''Coffee Drinker'' ("Kofetarica"), 19th century Image:Ivan Grohar - Sejalec.jpg,

Ivan Grohar Ivan Grohar (15 June 1867 – 19 April 1911) was a Slovene Impressionist painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle ...

: ''Sower'' ("Sejalec"; 1907) Image:Passion of Jesus (sculpture "Crucifixion of Jesus" observing "Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus").jpg, Pieta (1470s) File:Vlaho Bukovac - Andromeda, 1885-1890, National Gallery Ljubljana.jpg,

Vlaho Bukovac Vlaho Bukovac (french: Blaise Bukovac; it, Biagio Faggioni; 4 July 1855 – 23 April 1922) was a Croatian painter and academic. His life and work were eclectic, for the artist pursued his career in a variety of locales and his style changed gre ...

: ''Andromeda'', 1885-1890 The notable Slovene and European artists whose works are exhibited in the gallery include: *

Anton Ažbe Anton Ažbe (30 May 1862 – 5 or 6 August 1905) was a Slovene realist painter and teacher of painting. Ažbe, crippled since birth and orphaned at the age of 8, learned painting as an apprentice to Janez Wolf and at the Academies in Vienna and ...

* Giovanni Baglione *

Franc Berneker Franc Berneker (October 4, 1874 – May 16, 1932) was a 19th- and early-20th-century Slovene tomb sculptor, who had a strong impact on Slovenj Gradec gaining recognition for his work in bronze, marble and monuments. His art focus went from realis ...

Renato Birolli Renato Birolli (10 December 1905 – 3 May 1959) was an Italian painter. Biography Birolli was born at Verona to a family of industrial workers. In 1923 he moved to Milan where he formed an avantguardist group with artists such as Renato Guttuso ...

Massimo Campigli Massimo Campigli (; born Max Ihlenfeld, 4 July 189531 May 1971) was an Italian painter and journalist. Biography He was born in Berlin, but spent most of his childhood in Florence. His family moved to Milan in 1909, and here he worked on the '' ...

Giovanni Andrea Carlone Andrea Carlone (16 May 1626 – 4 April 1697) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa. He was the son of the painter Giovanni Battista Carlone and Niccoletta Scorza. He traveled and painted extensive ...

* Anton Čebej *

Lojze Dolinar Lojze Dolinar (April 19, 1893 – September 9, 1970) was a Slovenian sculptor recognized for his impact on local and global 19th and 20th century art. When he moved to America he worked in architectural plastic art and thereafter in antique and mo ...

* Frans Francken II * Friedrich Gauermann *

Alojz Gangl Alojz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojz Ajdič (born 1939), Slovenian composer, author of many orchestral works *Alojz Fandel, former Slovak football player and coach *Alojz Geržinič (1915–2008), Slovenian composer * ...

* Rihard Jakopič * Matija Jama *

Abraham Janssens Abraham Janssens I, Abraham Janssen I or Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen (1575–1632) was a Flemish painter, who is known principally for his large religious and mythological works, which show the influence of Caravaggio. He was the leading histor ...

* Alexej von Jawlensky *

Jacob Jordaens Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Fle ...

Jean Jouvenet Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1 May 1644 – 5 April 1717) was a French painter, especially of religious subjects. Biography He was born into an artistic family in Rouen. His first training in art was from his father, Laurent Jouvenet; a generation ea ...

Matevž Langus Matevž (puréed beans with cracklings) is a Slovene national dish. The dish is typical of central Slovenia, especially of the Kočevje region. It is made of beans and potatoes. Its origins come from the 19th century. Originally, the lower soci ...

* Filipp Malyavin *

Jožef Petkovšek Jožef Petkovšek (7 March 1861 – 22 April 1898) was an important Slovenian painter who brought existentialist and dark modernist themes to the Slovenian art scene. Despite a short and turbulent life, his work influenced the preeminent Slovenian ...

Jacob Pynas Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...

Gerard Seghers Gerard SeghersGerard Seghers
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Matej Sternen Matej Sternen (20 September 1870 – 28 June 1949) was a leading Slovene Impressionist painter. Sternen was born in Verd, now part of the Carniolan municipality of Vrhnika, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and baptized ''Matthæus Str ...

* Janez Šubic * Jurij Šubic *

Ivan Vavpotič Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

* Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun *

Cornelis de Wael Cornelis de Wael (Antwerp, 1592 – Rome, 1667) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish painter, engraver and merchant who was primarily active in Genoa in Italy. He is known for his genre paintings, battle scenes, history paintings and still lifes ...

Ivan Zajec Ivan Zajec (15 July 1869 – 30 July 1952) was a Slovenian sculptor. His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics#Sculpture, sculpture event in the Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics, art competition at the ...

Petar Dobrović Petar Dobrović ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Добровић; ; 14 January 1890 – 27 January 1942) was a Serbian painter and politician. Biography Dobrović was born in Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary. A proponent of Serbian colorism, he was known for ...

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The exhibits

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