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Likovna zbirka ACH (Autocommerce)

Baragova 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.ach.si/galerija/galerija.html

info@ach.si

Phone386 (0) 1 588 3000

Founded byAutocommerce d.o.o.

ACH Art Collection of the Autocommerce d.d. (Slovenian holding company dealing in investment management) is one of the largest company-owned collections of its kind in Slovenia. It comprises more than 400 artworks of more than 40 artists and offers an outstanding survey of Slovene artistic works from the middle of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century, ranging from Baroque religious motives to portraits, landscapes and still-lifes to various genre paintings. The oldest painting is by Janez Martin Kremser-Schmidt and dates from 18th century. It is a result of the systematic acquisitions of works of art over a period of 50 years, which started Milan Naglič, the first director of the company. The collection is presented at the company's website.

Exhibitions

The most valuable paintings adorn the walls of the company's business premises, while in 2003 the ACH Gallery was opened at Baragova ulica 5 in Ljubljana. The first exhibition organised there covered the works of the outstanding impressionist painter Matej Sternen, whose 23 artistic works represent the largest group within the ACH Art Collection. In October 2004, on the occasion of the visit of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Fine Arts (ICFA), an exhibition of landscapes In the Sign of Stimmung [V znamenju štimunge] was prepared. Another thematic exhibition was dedicated to portraits from the collection (Face – Window of the Soul [Obraz - okno duše].

Occasionally is the collection also on public display. To celebrate the Autocommerce's 50th anniversary in 2002 the entire collection was exhibited for the first time in co-operation with the National Gallery of Slovenia. The exhibition, entitled The Spirit in Time [Duh v času] was curated Andrej Smrekar and presented around 100 works, including paintings by Fortunat Bergant, Matej Sternen, Rihard Jakopič, Ivan Grohar, Matija Jama, Maksim Gaspari, Stane Kregar, Zoran Mušič and Gabrijel Stupica.

Recent activities

Among other activities the company published in winter 2009 a publication of painter and pedagogue Anton Ažbe (1862–1905). This tribute to Slovene artist, who marked the art scene in Munich (Germany) and was also a teacher of many prominent artist as Alexej von Jawlensky or Wassily Kandinsky, marked the 140th anniversary of Ažbe's birth and 100th anniversary of his death. It was prepared in the cooperation with the National Gallery of Slovenia. The exhibition was accompanied by the symposium Munich and Slovene painting Between 1800 and 1918 and the publication, edited by Vanja Pohar and Andrej Smrekar.

See also

• National Gallery of Slovenia

External links

• ACH Art Collection