Metropolitan Gallery of Bari
The Metropolitan Gallery of Bari was founded in 1928 and was originally hosted at the local Palace of Government. It was later moved to the Palace of the Province, on the seafront, where it currently stands. The Gallery was named after the famous Apulian painter of the XVIII century, Corrado Giaquinto, and it showcases masterpieces by Apulian artists and artpieces linked to the Italian region.
The painting to the right, La siesta, by Francesco Netti, depicts a sensual orientalist scene inspired by a journey of the painter to Istanbul, displayed for the first time at the 1884 Exposition of Rome.
Apulia has always been a fertile ground for painters and sculptors of all times, inspired by the natural beauty and the colors of this rich land. One particular mention is due to the art of Giuseppe De Nittis, who was born in Barletta and then moved to Paris to become a famous impressionist painter.
Permanent collections
The Gallery now hosts a variety of permanent collections and setions, among which:
- A medieval section;
- Venetian paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries donated by numerous Apulian churches;
- Apulian paintings from late medieval and Neapolitan schools;
- A section of Corrado Giaquinto’s paintings;
- A nineteenth century Neapolitan and Southern Italy paintings important collection;
- Paintings by the 19th century Tuscan school of the “Macchiaioli”;
- Apulian Medieval Majolica ceramics;
- An antique Neapolitan nativity Presepe;
- Nineteenth and twentieth century important paintings, together with important contemporary paintings and artistic works.
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