Pinakothek
Neue, Alte and Modern Pinakothek Art Gallery
Munich: History, Permanent Collection, Exhibitions.
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Pinakothek GalleriesThree museums in Munich form the city's Kunstareal or 'area of fine art'. They are: • The Neue Pinakothek Each of these outstanding German art museums focuses on a separate area of culture. The Neue or New Pinakothek specializes in famous painters from Europe of the 18th and 19th century and its collection of 19th century masterpieces is one of the finest in the world. The Alte or Old Pinakothek focuses on Old Masters, while the Modern Pinakothek concentrates on 20th century art. |
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Founded in 1853 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825-1848) to house the Royal Bavarian collection, this museum presents European fine art painting and sculpture from 1700-1900, encompassing styles such as Neoclassical art and Romanticism, 19th century Realism, French Impressionism and the broad style of Post-Impressionism. Since 1915 the Neue Pinakothek has been owned by the Bavarian state. Although its original home was destroyed during World War II, it was relocated in 1981 to a new postmodernist centre designed by the architect Alexander Freiherr von Branca. |
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SPAIN The Neue Pinakothek. One of the WORLD'S BEST ART WORLDS TOP ARTISTS |
Collection On display at the Neue Pinakothek are approximately 400 paintings and 50 pieces of sculpture, including the following top works: German History Paintings German Classicists (Deutschrömer) Friedrich Overbeck: Italia and Germania |
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David Friedrich: Garden Bower German Realism See also our article: How To Appreciate Paintings. |
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German Impressionists International Works (c.1750-1800) Goya: Plucked Turkey; Don José
Queraltó as Spanish Army Doctor English School (c.1700-1830) French Romanticism and French Realism (c.1800-1860) Eugene
Delacroix: Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia Edouard
Manet: Luncheon in the Studio; Monet Painting on His Studio
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Late 19th, Early 20th Century Artists Giovanni Segantini: L'aratura Sculpture Designed in 1826 by architect Leo von Klenze for King Ludwig I of Bavaria, as a home for the Wittelsbach art collection in 1826 the building was seen as a model for museums throughout Europe following its opening in 1836. Damaged during the Second World War, the museum was rebuilt and reopened in the late 1950s. The Collection The Alte Pinakothek's collection of artworks was begun during the 16th century by William IV (1508-1550) who commissioned a range of history paintings. Later rulers augmented the collection with their own favourites. Elector Maximilian I (1597-1651) bought works by Northern Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer; Maximilian II (1679-1726) collected Dutch and Flemish paintings; Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1690-1716) added works by Dutch painters. King Ludwig I of Bavaria preferred to buy Renaissance works from Italy, Germany and Holland. Highlights German Artists (c.1300-1700) Stefan Lochner: Adoration of the Christ
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Dutch Paintings (c.1400-1800) Roger
van der Weyden: Columba Altar Giotto:
The Last Supper High Renaissance Raphael:
The Canigiani Holy Family; Madonna della tenda; Madonna
Tempi Later Italian exhibits include works by the great Venetian rococo painters Tiepolo (1696-1770), Canaletto (1697-1768) and Francesco Guardi (1712–1793) French Artists (c.1500-1800) El Greco:
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Designed by Stephan Braunfels and opened in 2002, the modernist building displays four separate collections: Art (in association with the National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Arts), Architecture (in association with Munich Technical University's Museum of Architecture), Design (in association with the National Museum for Design and Applied Arts (Neue Sammlung) and Works on Paper (in association with the National Collection of Works on Paper). Art historians and critics regard Modern Pinakothek as one of the foremost galleries of modern art in Europe. Collection of Modern Art The museum's display encompasses all major movements and styles of modern and contemporary art including: Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider), Die Brucke (The Bridge), Die Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) - all schools of German Expressionism (1900-15) - Dada (1916-24), the Bauhaus design school (1919-33), Surrealism (1925-40), Abstract Expressionism (1945-60), Pop Art (c.1960-72) and Minimalism (c.1960-75). German Expressionism This style is exemplified by numerous artists in the collection including: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976), Emil Nolde (1867-1956), Franz Marc (1880-1916), Wassily Kandinsky (1844-1944), August Macke (1887-1914), Oskar Kokoschka, Alexei von Jawlensky (1864-1941), Otto Dix (1891-1969), Paul Klee (1879-1940), and Max Beckmann (1884-1950). International 20th century Artists The collection includes works by: Goya, Cubists Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, and Juan Gris and Robert Delaunay; Surrealists Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Rene Magritte; as well as other 20th century masters like Lyonel Feininger, Max Ernst, László Moholy-Nagy, Giorgio de Chirico, and Francis Bacon, to name but a few. Contemporary Art (1950s-present) This area of the collection features old German, Dutch and Italian drawings, including rare masterpieces by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as later works by Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and David Hockney. Design |
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