Museum-Art
Collection of the National Bank
The
art collection of the National Bank of Greece was started at the
time the bank itself was founded in 1841. This collection is considered
to be of very high quality, since it includes approximately 1.300
original works by leading 19th and 20th century painting, sculpture
and engraving artists.
The
core of the collection consists of works by the finest of the
Munich School, Nikiphoros Lytras, K. Volonakis, N. Ghyzis as well
as works of leading sculptors such as I. Kossos, the Fytalas brothers
and of their immediate followers M. Tombros, Th. Apartis.
This
important collection was enriched by works by the precursors of
the generation of the 30's such as Costas Parthenis, K. Maleas,
by representatives of that generation: A. Asteriadis, N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas,
Sp. Papaloukas, Yiannis Tsarouchis, Spyros Vassiliou, N. Nikolaou,
G. Moralis, N. Engonopoulos, G. Zongolopoulos, Memos Makris, Y.
Pappas and those who immediately followed them. There are also
works by artists of the generations from 1920 till 1940.
Opening hours and admission
86, Aeolou Street
Panepistimio - Omonia
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