The National Art Gallery of Sofia
I never realized how big the National Art Gallery of Sofia was until the day of our visit. It consisted of many floors and had art work from countries besides Bulgaria and from continents as far as Asia. It had contemporary art in it as well. It was the second National Art Gallery building that we visited. This though did seem modern in design and layout. The facade seemed centuries old but most of the interior was not.
It has a total of 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art. It is said that after the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a Communist government in Bulgaria following World War II, most of the palace was given to the National Art Gallery since its building was destroyed by the bombing raids in 1943 and 1944. All of the paintings it had housed were preserved, and together with the royal art collection already exhibited in the palace formed the stock of the National Art Gallery.
Photography here was allowed. No museum staff prohibited us from taking pictures and so we took a lot during our visit. I labeled some for which I had information on.
The main facade of the National Art Gallery, the second one we visited in Sofia, after the other Art Gallery housed in the Ethnographic Museum Building.
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Niemand by Viktor Freso, 2023
Cement Factory, Pernik, 1987
The Bust of Nikolai Roerich
Lacquer painting on wood
The Bust of a Peasant Woman
Anvers (Old Name of Antwerp), 1934
Artists' Festival (In Arcadia) Double Portrait of Franz and Mary von Stuck, 1898
Sofia Cityscape, 1943
Vase with Flowers, 1935
I was unable to take a picture of the details for this painting but if my memory serves me right, it's called the Half Naked Woman.
The Fisherwomen, 1959
On a Visit, 1945
The Girl with Fruits, 1945
Winter in Plovdiv, 1939
Bacho Kiro, 1966
Valerie Petrov, 1985
Painting of Princess Maria Louisa
Portrait of Anastasiya Penchovich, 1872
The Guardian of Paradise, 1889
Grandmother and Grandchild, 1940