Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek
Muzej likovnih umjetnosti | |
Museum of Fine Arts | |
| Established | 1954 |
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| Location | Osijek, Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°33′30″N 18°41′50″E / 45.5583099°N 18.6972713°E |
| Type | Gallery |
| Director | Eduard Hudolin |
| Curator | Ivan Roth Valentina Radoš Mateja Moser Dario Vuger Anja Kindl |
| Website | www.mlu.hr |
The Museum of Fine Arts (Croatian: Muzej likovnih umjetnosti) is an art museum in Osijek, Croatia. It was established in 1954.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Osijek collects, preserves, researches and presents artistic heritage ranging from the Baroque to recent art. The Museum's holdings are divided into several collections, the contents of which consist of paintings, drawings, graphics, sculptures and medals from the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The foundation of the museum's holdings are works, many of which are of capital importance for Croatian artistic heritage from the mid-18th century to the present day, and for which the Osijek Museum, as a museum institution of the regional center, is the best known and most recognized.
This primarily refers to the works of foreign masters of the late Baroque, Classicism and Romanticism, then the first generation of Croatian landscape and portrait painters of the mid-19th century, and works from the turn of the 20th century and its first half, when Croatian modern painting was established. Furthermore, there are works of classic Croatian neomodernism and contemporary art, for now without the desired scope, but undoubtedly with credible quality. The most extensive and valuable part of the museum's holdings are the painting collections. The painting collection of the Museum of Fine Arts is unique in Croatia in terms of the number and value of works of art that were owned by Slavonian noble families from the 18th and 19th centuries. These works constitute a very valuable part of the national cultural heritage, which is also part of the Central European cultural corpus. In addition, the Museum represents the widest range of all Osijek artists, predominantly from the first half of the 20th century, and the largest part of their artistic creations. The exhibition program, as the most present form of activity of the Museum of Fine Arts, has its strongholds in presenting the artists of the city and region, national heritage, and fostering international cooperation, especially with neighbors and abroad in the broadest sense. In addition to solo and retrospective exhibitions, the Museum traditionally organizes the following art events: the Slavonian Biennale, the Ivo Kerdić Memorial – Triennial of Croatian Medals and Small Sculptures, and the Days of Printmaking.