The Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes description and photos - Greece: Rhodes (Topic)

The Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes description and photos - Greece: Rhodes. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is The Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes.

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The Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes (or Art Gallery) is located in the historical part of the capital of the island of the same name. The gallery is located in an old two-story building in Simi Square and belongs to the Museum of Modern Greek Art of the Municipality of Rhodes. The magnificent medieval building is considered an important historical and architectural monument of the city.

The Municipal Gallery was founded by an excellent connoisseur of modern Greek art and the prefect of the Dodecanese, Andreas Ioannou in 1950. At a time when even the National Gallery in Athens focused its interests on painting no older than the 19th century, Andreas Ioannou made every effort to collect, preserve and adequately present the work of talented young Greek artists. The Municipal Art Gallery opened its doors to visitors in 1964.

The gallery displays works by artists born after 1863. Among the most interesting and valuable canvases, it is worth highlighting the works of such Greek artists as Konstantinos Maleas, Konstantinos Partenis, Spyros Vasiliou, Nikos Hatzikiriyakis-Gikos, Theophilos Hatzimikhail, Yanis Spiropoulos, Fotis Kontoglou, Nikiforos Litras, George Buzianis, Nikos Yannisimorisit Moustras and Yannis Tsarukhis. The collection has a high artistic value and perfectly illustrates the development of modern Greek painting.

Today the Rhodes Art Gallery owns one of the best collections of modern Greek painting. In total, the gallery's collection contains about 700 magnificent paintings, but only 90 of them are available to the public in a permanent exhibition. Many of the paintings have been presented at official exhibitions, both in Greece and in other countries.

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