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The
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS
the main institution for conservation, exposition and studying of
the visual art in Albania- started its life in 1952 in the form of a
pinakoteque. Its first fund included paintings collected from the
state institutions before the Second World War. The woks mainly
belonged to foreign authors and only a small number was from
Albanian authors such as Zef Kolombi, Kolė Idromeno, Simon Rrota
etc. Its first residence was a building at Rruga Kavajes, which does
not exist anymore.
On 11 January 1954 the Gallery of Arts was officially inaugurated
with a fund of 100 works and 40 authors. In 1956 its fund was
carried in a building at "Fortuzi" street. The new building of the
Gallery of Arts which was established at "Dėshmorėt e Kombit"
Boulevard was inaugurated in 1974. In 1993 pursuant to a decision of
the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania the Gallery of
Arts was renamed National Gallery of Arts.
Abaz Hado, Director
of
NATIONAL GALLERY
OF ARTS
On 11 January 1954 the Gallery of Arts was officially inaugurated
with a fund of 100 works and 40 authors. In 1956 its fund was
carried in a building at "Fortuzi" street. The new building of the
Gallery of Arts which was established at "Dėshmorėt e Kombit"
Boulevard was inaugurated in 1974. In 1993 pursuant to a decision of
the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania the Gallery of
Arts was renamed National Gallery of Arts.
This gallery preserves the national collection of the visual arts of
Albania from the XXth century up to date. In addition to
a big collection of paintings and sculptures from the socialist
realism, it is preserved as well a collection of paintings from the
independence period, icons from the XIII-XIX century and by foreign
authors. There is as well a small national and international
collection of the contemporary art.
Th National Gallery of Arts is divided in two parts:
The first floor is used for the organisation of temporary
exhibitions mainly of contemporary art. Some of the yearly
exhibitions included here are the international contest of
photography Marubi, the international contest of visual arts
Onufri as well as the promotion of artists or specific artistic
groups both from the country and from abroad.
At the second floor the permanent collection of the
National Gallery of Arts is exhibited. It is divided according to
historical periods, in the following pavilions:
a.
The art of Renaissance and the Independence in
Albania (1860-1944)
b.
The Byzantine and post-Byzantine Art (XIII-XIX
century)
c.
The Social Realism period
d.
The area of the Contemporary Art (after 1990)
At
the garden of the National Gallery of Arts it is established a
collection of
bronx Sculptures from the period of the Social Realism.
The fund
Nowadays the National Gallery of Arts in Tirana owns 4500 works of
arts from Albanian and international artists and the biggest part of
this fund belongs to the Socialist Realism period.
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