The Bulgarian town of Ruse, on the Danube shore located, bears the name "Little Vienna" is not accidental. Buildings of the late 19th century, characterized by an exquisite exterior and interior decoration, erected best European architects - the German, Italian and Bulgarian. Today Ruse - it is an important economic and industrial center, living an active cultural life, part of which is the city art gallery.

Gallery celebrated its 80th anniversary. It was established by order of the mayor of the town of Ruse Yurdal Pavlova in 1933 after a request addressed to it Rousse artists. Their first joint exhibition, which was organized earlier this year, was a great success, and painters have decided that Rousse is in need of the creation of a permanent gallery or art museum.

First gallery housed in the House of print and art, and three years after its creation, it was moved to the premises of the library at Ruse town hall, located in Daynolovom house - a beautiful building in the city center. Gallery Foundation gradually expanded year by year, and in 1979 was built a separate building where the gallery and placed on an area of ​​about 2800 square meters. There Ruse Art Gallery is located to this day.

The gallery kept canvases Rousse and the region, as well as the work of great masters painters Bulgaria - Ivan Markvichka, Ivan Nenov, Vladimir Dimitrov-Master, Nikola Taneva, Vasil Stoilov, Bencho Obreshkova, Dimitar Kazakov and others. Also stored here works by foreign artists such as Camilo Otero, Corneliu Baba, Victor Vazarelli and others. In addition, the Ruse Art Gallery has a rich collection of graphics Cuban, Romanian, Czech, Chinese and Bulgarian artists.