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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.

Sailing Ships, oil painting by Costas Volonakis – Museum-Art Collection of the National BankThe 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 Opening hours and admission
Locaton map 86, Aeolou Street
Nearest metro station
Panepistimio - Omonia Top

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