Художествената колекция на Министерството на външните работи
The Art Collection of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Summary/Abstract: The collection of the Ministry of For- eign Affairs is one of the most representative art collections owned by a state institution . Its history dates back to the beginning of the 1960s when the collection of paintings and graphics started . The systematic selection of works includes authors of different generations with different individual and stylistic orientations . As far as the subject matter of this collection is concerned – it is dominated by landscapes . The selected works are characterized with a definite representativeness and outline some of the general tendencies in the development of art . In 2005 the collection was enriched with one of the still rare for the city of Sofia open air sculpture exhibition where there can be found quite versatile artifacts, both in plastic and conceptual respect, from archaeological monuments to works of the youngest generation of sculptors . An important part of the art collection of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the works of different forms art that can be found at the Bul- garian diplomatic missions around the world . At present the State Cultural Institute is working on the project Art in Bulgarian Embassies . Its aim is to present the artistic achievements of traditional and modern Bulgarian culture to the international audience. The art works in the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ collection present a wide specter of styles, characteristic of Bulgarian art of the 1930s until the present times . Preferred, at least in the beginning were the old masters and authors that were connected with the notion of established and permanent art values . The modern artistic works that have been acquired after the 1980s of the past century and especially the sculpture exhibition to a great extent widened the genre- thematic and stylistic scope of the collection .

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