Colecția de pictură Sava Henția a muzeului din Sebeș: constituire și dezvoltare

The Sava Henția Painting Collection of the Museum of Sebeș: Constitution and Development The Municipal Museum Ioan Raica Sebeș holds an important collection of works by Transylvanian painter Sava Henția (1848–1904). Its beginnings date back to the late 1950s, when the first six paintings were purchased from Ecaterina Erdt in Sebeș. The development of the collection gained focus in 1966 when a temporary exhibition dedicated to Sava Henția was organized at the museum, bringing together works from its own collection and from private collectors. There was also an initiative to set up a memorial house in the nearby Sebeșel, the painter’s birthplace. In the 1970s and 1980s, the collection grew year by year and has become one the most important in Romania today, comprising 46 works.