National Gallery Oslo

The National Gallery Oslo ( Norwegian Nasjonalgalleriet ) in Oslo is the largest art collection in Norway . She owns works by the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch , but also by foreign artists such as Pablo Picasso , Vincent van Gogh , Claude Monet and Henri Matisse .

history

The state museum was founded in 1842 after a resolution by Storting in 1836. Originally located in the Royal Oslo Palace , it was given its own building in 1882, designed by Heinrich Ernst and Adolf Schirmer . Earlier names were Den norske stats sentralmuseum for billedkunst and from 1903 to 1920 Statens Kunstmuseum . The National Gallery became known worldwide in 1994 for the theft of the painting The Scream , one of Edvard Munch's major works. However, the painting reappeared damaged a little later, and the art thieves were sentenced to several years in prison. In 2003 the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design ( Norwegian Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design ) was created as a state museum from the amalgamation of the Norwegian Museum of Architecture, the Museum of Folk Art, the National Gallery of Norway and the Norwegian Imperial Exhibition into one museum under unified management .

Directors

Directors of the museum were u. a. Jens Thiis (1908–1941), Sigurd Willoch (1946–1973), Knut Berg (1975–1995), Tone Skedsmo (1995–2000) and Anniken Thue (2001–2003).