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The Neue Pinakothek (New Pinakothek) is an art museum in Munich, Germany. Its focus is European Art of the 18th and 19th century. Together with the Alte Pinakothek and the Pinakothek der Moderne it is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" (the "art area"). The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... // Medieval art Main article: Medieval art Most surviving art from the Medieval period was religious in focus, often funded by the Church, powerful ecclesiastical individuals such as bishops, communal groups such as abbeys, or wealthy secular patrons. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinakothek) is an art museum situated in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. ... Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. ... The Kunstareal (art area) is a museum quarter in the city centre of Munich, Germany. ...

Neue Pinakothek 1880
Neue Pinakothek 1880

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History

The museum was founded by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1853. The king's collection of contemporary art had been steadily enlarged. King Louis I of Bavaria. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


The so-called "Tschudi Contribution" in 1905/1914 led to an extraordinary collection of masterpieces of Impressionism. Hugo von Tschudi, general director of the State Collections acquired 44 paintings, nine sculptures and 22 drawings, mostly from new French artists. But since public funds could not be used to purchase these works, Tschudi’s associates came up with the money from private contributions after his death in 1911. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ...


In 1915 the Neue Pinakothek became the property of the Bavarian state. The original building was destroyed during World War II. Designed by architect Alexander Freiherr von Branca the new building opened in 1981. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Collection

The museum houses an expanded collection of more than 3.000 European paintings from classicism to art nouveau. About 400 paintings and 50 sculptures of these are exhibited. Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic. ... Art nouveau /ɑʀ nuvo/ (French for new art) is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

Francisco de Goya „Plucked Turkey“ (1810)
Francisco de Goya „Plucked Turkey“ (1810)
  • International paintings of the second half of 18th century:

Among others the gallery exhibits works of Francisco de Goya ("Plucked Turkey") ("Don José Queraltó as a Spanish Army doctor"), Jacques-Louis David ("Anne-Marie-Louise Thélusson, Comtesse de Sorcy"), Johann Friedrich August Tischbein ("Nicolas Châtelain in the garden") and Anton Graff ("Heinrich XIII, Graf Reuß") Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2175, 347 KB) Description: Title: de: Stilleben, Gerupfter Truthahn und Pfanne mit Fischen Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 45 × 62,5 cm Country of origin: de: Spanien Current location (city): de: München Current location (gallery): de: Alte Pinakothek... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2175, 347 KB) Description: Title: de: Stilleben, Gerupfter Truthahn und Pfanne mit Fischen Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 45 × 62,5 cm Country of origin: de: Spanien Current location (city): de: München Current location (gallery): de: Alte Pinakothek... This article is about Francisco Goya, a Spanish painter. ... This article is about Francisco Goya, a Spanish painter. ... Self portrait of Jacques-Louis David (1794). ... Anton Graff (born November 18, 1736 in Winterthur, died June 22, 1813 in Dresden) was a famous portrait artist. ...

  • English paintings of 18th and early 19th century:

It's one of the largest collections outside the United Kingdom with masterpieces of Thomas Gainsborough ("Mrs. Thomas Hibbert") ("Landscape with Shepherd and Flock"), William Hogarth ("Richard Mounteney"), John Constable ("View of Dedham Vale from East Bergholt"), Joshua Reynolds ("Captain Philemon Pownall"), David Wilkie ("Reading the Will"), Thomas Lawrence ("The Two Sons of the 1st Earl of Talbot"), George Romney ("Catherine Clements"), Richard Wilson ("View of Syon House Across the Thames near Richmond Gardens"), George Stubbs and J. M. W. Turner ("Ostende") Self-portrait, painted 1759 Blue boy, painted 1770 This article is about the artist Thomas Gainsborough. ... William Hogarth, self-portrait, 1745 William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764) was a major English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. ... A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837) was a British Romantic artist. ... Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723–February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of eighteenth-century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the Grand Style in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. ... There have been several well-known individuals with this name, including: David Wilkie (artist) David Wilkie (hockey player) David Wilkie (swimmer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alexander MacKenzie painted by Thomas Lawrence (c. ... Portrait of Miss Willoughby, second half of 18th century. ... Richard Wilson (August 1, 1714 - May, 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. ... A self portrait by George Stubbs George Stubbs (born in Liverpool on August 25, 1724 – died in London July 10, 1806) was a British painter, best known for his paintings of horses. ... Self portrait, oil on canvas, circa 1799 Joseph Mallord William Turner (born in Covent Garden, London on April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed), died December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape artist, whose style can be said to lay the foundations for Impressionism. ...

  • German artists of classicism in Rome

like Friedrich Overbeck ("Italia and Germania"), Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow ("The Holy Family beneath the Portico"), Heinrich Maria von Hess ("Marchesa Marianna Florenzi"), Peter von Hess ("The Entry of King Othon of Greece into Nauplia") and Peter von Cornelius ("The three Marys at the Tomb") Self-portrait with family, c. ... ... Peter von Cornelius (1784 - 1867), German painter, was born in Düsseldorf. ...

  • German romanticism

with paintings of Caspar David Friedrich ("Garden Bower"), Karl Friedrich Schinkel ("Cathedral Towering over a Town") und Carl Blechen ("Building of the Devil's Bridge") and others Self-portrait in chalk, 1810 by fellow artist Georg Friedrich Kersting, 1812 Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th century German romantic painter, considered by many critics to be one of the finest exemplars of the movement. ... The Old Museum in Berlin Karl Friedrich Schinkel (March 13, 1781 - October 9, 1841) was a German architect and painter. ...

Carl Spitzweg "The Poor Poet"
Carl Spitzweg "The Poor Poet"
  • Biedermeier

represented by Franz Xaver Winterhalter ("Graf Jenison-Walworth"), Carl Spitzweg ("The Poor Poet") , Moritz von Schwind ("A Symphony") and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller ("Young Peasant Woman with Three Children at the Window") Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x880, 132 KB) Summary Carl Spitzweg (The Poor Poet) Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x880, 132 KB) Summary Carl Spitzweg (The Poor Poet) Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Poor Poet, 1839. ... The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting Franz Winterhalter was a famous Victorian, German speaking artist. ... The Poor Poet, 1839. ... Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871), Austrian painter, was born in Vienna. ... Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller: The expected, 1860 Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (January 15th 1793 in Vienna, † August 23rd 1865 in Hinterbrühl, Austria) was an Austrian painter and writer. ...

  • French romanticism

with Eugène Delacroix ("Clorinda Rescues Olindo und Sophronia"), Théodore Géricault ("Artillery Train Passing a Ravine"), Gustave Courbet ("Landscape near Maizières"), Jean-François Millet ("Farmer Inserting a Graft on a Tree"), Honoré Daumier ("The Drama") and others Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 — August 13, 1863) was the leader of the French Romanticism in painting. ... Théodore Géricaults Insane Théodore Géricault (September 26, 1791 in Rouen, Normandy - January 26, 1824) was a famous French painter, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. ... Gustave Courbet (portrait by Nadar) Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877) was a French painter. ... The Sower. ... Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar) Honoré Daumier (1808 – 1879) was a French caricaturist and painter. ...

  • Deutschrömer (or German-Romans)

such as Hans von Marées ("Self-Portrait"), Arnold Böcklin ("Pan in the Reeds"), Anselm Feuerbach ("Medea") and Hans Thoma ("Landscape in the Taunus") Hans von Marées (24 December 1837 – 5 June 1887) was a German painter. ... Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1872 Arnold Böcklin (16 October 1827 – 16 January 1901) was a symbolist Swiss painter. ... Anselm Feuerbach (September 12, 1829—January 4, 1880), German painter, born at Speyer, the son of a well-known archaeologist, was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school. ... Self portrait. ...

  • History paintings

with Wilhelm von Kaulbach (" King Ludwig I sourronded by artists), Karl Theodor von Piloty ("Seni and Wallenstein"), Franz von Defregger ("Das letzte Aufgebot") and Hans Markart ("Die Falknerin") Wilhelm von Kaulbach (October 15, 1805 - April 7, 1874) was a German painter. ... Karl von Piloty (October 1, 1826 - July 21, 1886) was a German painter He was born at Munich. ...

  • International schools of 19th century

like Wilhelm Leibl ("Portrait of Frau Gedon"), Franz von Lenbach ("Aresing Village Street") and Adolph Menzel ("Living-Room with the Artist's Sister") Wilhelm Leibl and Sperl on the hunt, 1890-1895. ... Franz von Lenbach, Portrait of his daughter Marion Young shepherd, 1860 Franz von Lenbach (December 13, 1836 - May 6, 1904), German painter was born at Schrobenhausen, in Bavaria. ... Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel ( 8 December 1815 - 9 February 1905) was a German artist noted for drawings, engravings, and paintings. ...

  • German Impressionists

especially Max Liebermann ("Boys Bathing"), Lovis Corinth ("Eduard, Count von Keyserling") und Max Slevogt ("The Day's Work Done") Max Liebermann in 1904 Max Liebermann (July 20, 1847 in Berlin - February 8, 1935) was a German painter. ... Self-portrait with skeleton, 1896. ... Max Slevogt (born October 8th, 1868 in Landshut, Germany - died September 20th, 1932 in Rhenish Palatinate, Germany) was a German painter of the Impressionism who specialized on landscapes. ...

Edouard Manet "Lucheon in the Studio"
Edouard Manet "Lucheon in the Studio"
  • French Impressionists

One of the world's leading collections with masterpieces of Pierre-Auguste Renoir ("Portrait of a Young Woman"), Edouard Manet ("Lucheon in the Studio") ("Monet Painting on His Studio Boat"), Claude Monet ("The Bridge at Argenteuil"), Paul Cézanne ("The Railway Cutting"), Paul Gauguin ("The Birth - Te tamari no atua"), Edgar Degas ("Woman Ironing"), Camille Pissarro ("Street in Upper Norwood"), Alfred Sisley ("The Road to Hampton Court"), Georges-Pierre Seurat and Vincent van Gogh ("Sunflowers") ("The Weaver"). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x838, 121 KB) Summary Painting by Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883), Frühstück im Atelier 1868 Licensing This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x838, 121 KB) Summary Painting by Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883), Frühstück im Atelier 1868 Licensing This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who painted in the impressionist style. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Claude Monet. ... Self portrait Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French artist, a painter (Postimpressionist) whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th Century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917) was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpting, and drawing. ... The garden at Pontoise, painted 1877. ... Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garonne. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Van Gogh redirects here. ... Sunflowers or Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August 1888) is one of two sunflower paintings with twelve sunflowers, the others having fifteen. ...

  • Art Nouveau and early 20th century

represented among others by Giovanni Segantini ("L'aratura"), Gustav Klimt ("Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein"), Paul Signac ("S.Maria della Salute"), Maurice Denis ("Gaulish Goddess of Herds and Flocks"), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ("Le jeune Routy à Céleyran"), James Ensor ("Still Life in the Studio"), Edouard Vuillard ("Café Scene"), Ferdinand Hodler ("Tired of Life"), Franz von Stuck ("The Sin"), Edvard Munch ("Woman in Red Dress (Street in Aasgaardstrand)"), Thomas Austen Brown ("Mademoiselle Plume rouge") and Egon Schiele ("Agony"). Giovanni Segantini (June 15, 1858 - October, 1899), Italian painter, was born at Arco in the Trentino. ... Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 - February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. ... The Pine, Saint Tropez, 1892 - 1893. ... Maurice Denis (November 25, 1870 – November 1943) was a French painter and writer and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ... James Sidney Ensor, Baron Ensor (April 13, 1860–November 19, 1949), was a Belgian painter whose unique portrayals of grotesque humanity made him a principal precursor of 20th-century expressionism and surrealism. ... Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 11, 1868 - June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker. ... Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 in Berne – May 19, 1918 in Geneva) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century. ... Franz Stuck (1863 - 1928), German symbolist/expressionist painter, was born at Tettenweis, in Bavaria, and received his artistic training at the Munich Academy. ... Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895 Edvard Munch (December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker. ... Egon Schiele, Self-portrait 1911 Mutter mit zwei Kindern Die kleine Stadt II Porträt des Albert Paris von Gütersloh Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. ...

  • Sculptures

Also sculptures of the 19th century are exhibited, for example works of Bertel Thorvaldsen ("Adonis"), Antonio Canova ("Paris"), Rudolph Schadow ("Woman Tying Her Sandal"), Auguste Rodin ("Crouching Woman (La femme accroupie)"), Max Klinger ("Elsa Asenijeff"), Aristide Maillol ("La Flore"), Pablo Picasso ("Le Fou") and others. Bertel Thorvaldsen, portrait by Karl Begas, c. ... Self-portrait by Canova, 1792. ... Rudolph Schadow (1786-1822), sculptor, was born in Rome, and had his father at Berlin for his first master. ... Auguste Rodin Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... Elsa Asenijeff, ca. ... Aristide Maillol. ... Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ...


External links

  • Official website (in English)
  • website (in German)

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