"Nikola Petrov" Art Gallery (Vidin) | cultural heritage / national heritage, art museum / art gallery, 1892_construction

 cultural heritage / national heritage, art museum / art gallery, 1892_construction

The Regional Art Gallery in town of Vidin was founded in 1962 by the initiative of the local cultural and public figure Angel Budev. The current name Nikola Petrov is since 1976, when was the 60-year anniversary of the death of the great Vidin artist - Nikola Petrov. The gallery is housed in a building dating-back to 1892 (former Military Club), which has very beautiful and exquisite architecture and is located near the Danube Park. In the courtyard of the gallery are placed several beautiful stone sculptures and a monument of Nikola Petrov, whose name bears the gallery.
In the Art Gallery Nikola Petrov are exposed more than 1,300 works of famous Bulgarian and foreign artists, arranged in three specialized divisions: Graphics, Painting and Sculpture. Among the most famous Bulgarian artists are Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Jan Václav Mrkvička (Ivan Markvichka), Vladimir Dimitrov - Maystora, Nikola Petrov, Sirak Skitnik, Svetlin Rusev and others.

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