Bukovac, was able to convince the Croatian artists and politicians, to formally ask the government in Budapest,
to build the exhibit - a special exhibition prefabricated pavilion (iron skeleton) which will later show
transferred to Zagreb. Croatian Pavilion in Budapest Danubius company has built according to the designs of Hungarian Architects Korba and Gierga.
After the end of the exhibition, the iron skeleton was transferred to Zagreb, and tender to customize and build the pavilion in Zagreb
space on just so thought out. Green shoe.

At the tender won by then predisposed builders all important public buildings in Austria-Hungary - Viennese architects Hellmer and Fellner.
Performance is entrusted Zagreb builder Hönigsberg and Deutch, and monitoring the city engineer Milan Lenuzzi.
Construction began in 1897th a completed 1898th year. Art Pavilion was officially opened on 15th prosinca 1898th Croatian representative exhibition salon.

Since that time, Art Pavilion is a place where you always exhibitions of Zagreb Salon, and all major exhibitions in Zagreb until the end of 1930,when he began to acquire Zagreb and other exhibition spaces, the first Croatian House of Artists, and later, after World War II and other exhibitionspaces of the Contemporary Art Gallery, Gallery Klović Palace. Despite significant competition Art Pavilion has today the status of a special place for large retrospective exhibition of prominent artists who have their work deserved, and great revue exhibitions.