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This post about the Serbian 19th century painting in Matica Srpska Gallery complements my post also on the Serbian 19th century painting but in the National Museum in Belgrade, that I published several months ago.
I've already written about this period in the development of the Serbian art, so I'm not going to repeat the same in this new article. The best that you can do is to check this and the other ...
Serbian 19th century portraits form a big part of the permanent collection in Matica Srpska Gallery in Novi Sad. That's why I decided to dedicate a completely separate post to this genre of painting. I am aware that looking at images of unknown people may not be to everyone's liking. But as you will see, portraits in the museum are by some of the most prominent Serbian painters of the time. Masterfully ...
Serbian Baroque painting in Matica Srpska Gallery in Novi Sad continues the story of this museum. I didn't really think that it was possible to talk about Serbian Baroque art. But, that's my fault because I didn't consider that, starting with the 18th century, there were territories with a predominantly Serbian population that weren't under the Ottoman rule. Vojvodina became part of the Austro-Hungarian ...
One of the highlights of my stay in Novi Sad was seeing the magnificent collection of Serbian icons in Matica Srpska Gallery. So, that's how I'll start writing about this very precious museum that I visited for the very first time. Not for a moment I imagined that, with the wealth of its collection, this museum would rival the National Museum in Belgrade.
But, let's start with a word about Matica Srpska ...
I've never been to Novi Sad. In fact, I've never really travelled across Serbia. Back when I lived in Belgrade, before I moved to the UK, I was a student. I was more interested in travelling abroad or spending summers on the coast. So, I've never really seen anything in Serbia.
But, things change. Now that I've been in Belgrade for over two months, I decided to at least see places close to Belgrade. ...