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Norwegian:
Nasjonalgalleriet
Date:
1879 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
Painting
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National Gallery

museum, Oslo, Norway
Also known as: Nasjonalgalleriet
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History

National Gallery, in Oslo, Norwegian national art museum, built in 1836 and enlarged in 1903–07, devoted primarily to Norwegian paintings and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2003 the National Gallery joined with three other Norwegian museums to become the National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design. It possesses a significant collection of paintings by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch. There is also a fine collection of modern French works, including paintings by Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent van Gogh. Works by Danish and Swedish painters are also in the collection.

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This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.