Gothenburg Museum of Art () is located at Götaplatsen in

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, Sweden. It claims to be the third-largest art museum in Sweden by the size of its collection.

Collections

The museum holds the world's finest collection of late 19th-century Nordic art. A highlight is the lavishly decorated Fürstenberg Gallery, named after a leading Gothenburg art donor, Pontus Fürstenberg and his wife Göthilda. Among the artists showcased are P.S. Krøyer, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, and Anders Zorn. The museum also houses older and contemporary art, both Nordic and international. The collection includes, for example, works by Monet, Picasso and

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. The museum has been awarded three stars in the '' Michelin Green Guide'' (''Green Guide Scandinavia'').

Architecture

The museum building was designed for the Gothenburg Exhibition (''Jubileumsutställningen i Göteborg'') in 1923 by architect Sigfrid Ericson (1879–1958). The eastern extension was added in 1966–1968, after drawings by Rune Falk (1926–2007). The museum was originally built in celebration of the city's 300th anniversary, and represents the monumental Neo-Classical style in Nordic architecture. It is built of a yellow brick called "Gothenburg brick" because of the material's frequent use in the city. The museum forms the imposing end of the main street of the city, Kungsportsavenyn.

History

The museum has its roots in the Museum of Gothenburg, founded in 1861. In 1923, as part of the construction of Götaplatsen as a cultural center, the museum's building was built. In 1925, the museum was inaugurated. It was expanded in 1968 and 1996.

Gallery

File:Geskel Salomon 1872. Göteborgs konstmuseum STF 1978.JPG, ''Emigration'' (1872) Geskel Saloman File:Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Artists’ Party, Skagen (Peder Severin Krøyer) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - F 62.tif, '' Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Kunstnerfest på Skagen'' (1886) P.S. Krøyer File:Outdoors (Anders Zorn) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - GKM 0256.tif, ''Ute'' (1888) Anders Zorn File:Van Gogh, Vincent - Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy - Gothenburg Museum of Art - GKM 0590.tif, ''Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy'' (1889)

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...

File:Cat hunting Birds (Bruno Liljefors) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - F 87.tif, ''Katt på fågeljakt'' (1883) Bruno Liljefors File:Monet - Water Lilies, 1907, GKM 2232.jpg, Näckrosors (1907)

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ...

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