Art Gallery Dobrich

The Art Gallery in town of Dobrich (North-Eastern Bulgaria) is a specialized museum of arts. The gallery is housed in a building which is declared a monument of culture. It was constructed in the period 1933 - 1935 and is interesting as a sample of the European influence in the architecture (the architects are Italians and Romanians).

In the Dobrich Art Gallery, on area of 3960 sq.m, are exhibited more than 3000 masterpieces - paintings, sculpture, graphics, and decorative plastic arts from different generations of Bulgarian artists. Some of most valuable exhibits are works of of Markvichka, Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora (The Master), Zlatyu Boyadjiev, Alexander Petrov, Bencho Obreshkov, Vassil Zahariev, Pencho Balkanski, Dechko Ouzunov, and others.

Highlights:
- in the Art Gallery Dobrich can be seen only in Bulgaria, a unique collection of paper works created by artists from different countries. In the interesting sculptures, installations, collages and other forms of hand-made paper have demonstrated the rich possibilities of the material
- in 10 authentic cells, dating from the time when this part of the building was used for arrest of the police, are shown works of the contemporary visual art - installations, graffiti, video art, multimedia and more.
- collection "Icons of Dobrudja" in the hall Vazrajdane - there are samples from whole Dobrudja region some of which painted by the Tryavna-masters painters, between the XVII and XIX century - wonderful examples of the Bulgarian Renaissance iconography

The gallery often is a host of guest exhibitions from France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, Cuba and more.

Address of Art Gallery Dobrich:14, Bulgaria Str., 9300 Dobrich