The Gallery of Matica Srpska (Serbian: Galerija Matice Srpske, Serbian Cyrillic: Галерија Матице Српске) is one of the largest and oldest galleries in Serbia. It is located in the central zone of Novi Sad, next to Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection.

Gallery of Matica Srpska

Галерија Матице Српске Galerija Matice Sprpske
Logo of the Gallery of Matica Srpska
The Gallery of Matica Srpska entrance
Established	14 October 1847; 175 years ago (1847-10-14)
Location	Novi Sad, Serbia
Type	Art museum National History Museum
Collection size	More than 7,000 paintings
Director	Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski (2010–present)
Website	www.galerijamaticesrpske.rs

The Gallery was established on the 14th of October 1847, with contributions from Sava Tekelija who left a valuable family portrait collection to the Matica Srpska, and other Serb merchants who made endowments and donations to the gallery.[1]

The building of Gallery of Matica Srpska was declared a Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979.[2]

The Gallery of Matica Srpska has acted as an independent institution apart from Matica Srpska since 1958. Collections in The Gallery of Matica Srpska mostly consists of paintings from all periods of the national history of art.[3][4]

Gallery

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  Monumental pictures and the hall for lectures
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  Furniture and works of art, endowment of architect Dragiša Brašovan
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  Late Baroque art
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  Icons and religious art
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  Bust of king Peter of Serbia and works representing Serbian nobility
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  The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex
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  Portraits of 19th century elite
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  (Un)covering
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  Religious art
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  Works by Paja Jovanović
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  Modernism
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  The Wounded Montenegrin by Paja Jovanović (1882)
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  Girl with a canary by Novak Radonić (1865)
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  Moravkinja by Uroš Predić (1879-1880)

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