Oslo - Norwegian National Gallery

(Local Name: Nasjonalgalleriet) In Oslo's Universitetsgate (No. 13), which flanks the east side of the University, is the National Gallery (Nasjonalgalleriet; built 1879-81, with extensions in 1907 and 1924), which displays mainly works by Norwegian painters from the 19th century to the present day. Among the artists represented are J. C. Dahl (1788-1857), T. Fearnley (1802-42), H. F. Gude (1825-1903), H. O. Heyerdahl (1857-1913), C. Krohg (1852-1925), G. P. Munthe (1849-1929), E. Peterssen (1852- 1928) and A. Tidemand (1814-76). A special room is devoted to Edvard Munch.

There are also works by Danish and Swedish artists, pictures by El Greco, Rubens and Rembrandt and a collection of paintings by modern French artists (Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet and Matisse), as well as a room containing casts of antique sculpture.