What is the National Gallery of Armenia?
Q: What is the National Gallery of Armenia?
A: The National Gallery of Armenia is a museum located in Yerevan, Armenia that houses works of famous Armenian artists from early medieval and succeeding periods. It has over 19,000 specimens shown in the Russian, Armenian and West-European divisions of paintings, sculptures, graphic and applied arts.
Q: How was the National Gallery of Armenia founded?
A: The National Gallery of Armenia was founded in 1921 as an art section of the State museum. It was formed by dozens of works purchased from an exhibition organized by Armenian painters in August 1921 and a rich collection donated to it from The Armenian Palace of Culture / The former Lazarian Gymnasium/.
Q: What are some branches or memorial-houses associated with the NGA?
A: There are several branches or memorial-houses associated with the NGA located throughout Yerevan and other towns in Armenia. These include memorial-houses for artist Hakop Kojoyan and sculptor Ara Sarkissian which exhibit their best works.
Q: How many exhibits does the NGA have?
A: The collection at the NGA includes about 26,000 museum exhibits which are presented through temporary and permanent exhibitions across its 56 exposition halls.
Q: What type of art can be found at the NGA?
A: At the NGA you can find a variety of artwork including ancient and Medieval Art such as Urartu frescoes, valuable documental copies of Garni temple’s mosaics and Medieval wall-paintings and miniatures; Clerical paintings from XVII-XIX centuries; silver book covers; crosses; works by Armenian classics like Hovnatanian, Ayvazovski, Bashinjaghian, Terlemezian Sureniants & Mahokian; XX century artists like Saryan, Kojoyan Gurdjian Chahin Khanjian & Avetisian; Russian art such as sacred images from XVI-XVII centuries & works by well known artists Rokotov Argunov Shubin Repin Serov Goncharova Mashkov Kandinski Chagal etc.; foreign art such as culture from Ancient World Egypt & Greece plus Italian Holland Flemish French art schools Guerchino Van Goyen Claesz Falconet Greuze Rousseau Monticelli; Oriental art including Iranian Chinese Japanese decorative & applied art porcelain faience service sets objects made stone bone metal carved furniture Indian medieval fresco copies done after S Khatchatrian plus Iranian paintings XIX century etc..
Q: When did a new 8 storey building open for use at NGA?
A: A new 8 storey building opened for use at NGA in 1978.
