Galerie Neue Meister
The Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden is one of about 300 exhibited paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries, the most important German painting museums of modern art. Major focus of the collection German romanticism, bourgeois realism of the second half of the 19th century and impressionism. The gallery was in 1931 from the "modern department " at the Dresden Gemäldegalerie forth.
The New Masters Gallery is one of the Dresden State Art Collections. It is located since 1965 in the Albertinum on Brühl's Terrace.
History
The collection of work initially began in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie. After Bernhard August von Lindenau 1830 director of the Royal Museum was started from 1843 an enhanced acquisition of contemporary art for the newly created " Modern gallery ". Lindenau presented annually for 700 dollars out of its assets ready. Also, the Academic Council, which was responsible for the Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery, contributed 50 percent of the net proceeds of all academic art exhibitions in for the purchase of the painting. However, you had to be limited mainly to German painter, since the available resources were very limited.
Until 1882, only four major works of German Romanticism were in the Collection: From Caspar David Friedrich Two Men Contemplating the Moon and Megalithic grave in autumn and Ludwig Richter Bridal procession in Spring and crossing the Elbe at Schreckenstein in Usti nad Labem. After that, the " Modern gallery " under the direction of Karl Woermann was extended by artistically ambitious new acquisitions. After 1897, the International Art Exhibition was held in Dresden, the gallery bought now foreign works of contemporary art.
Under Hans Posse, who had since 1910 director of the gallery, which is still substantial collection ranges German romanticism, bourgeois realism of the second half of the 19th century Impressionism and formed in the "modern department " out. Through the creation of the "Dresden Museum Association " in 1911 and " patronage Association of Art Gallery " 1917, the gallery was financially strengthened.
In 1931, they camped the New Masters Gallery as an independent exhibition of the Dresden Art Gallery in the Sekundogenitur on the Brühl terrace. By "degenerate art " by the Nazis 56 major works from the collection of paintings were confiscated and sold. When the air raids on Dresden on February 13, 1945 with 196 paintings on a truck.
In 1959 the founding of the New Masters Gallery. Since 1965 it is located in the skylight halls of the Albertinum. In the time of the GDR, they purchased back some of the output images.
On 19 June 2010, the Albertinum was reopened after extensive renovation and conversion work. The renovation of the building and the installation of a flood-proof depots had become necessary after the Elbe flood in 2002. By moving the Green Vault in Dresden Castle and the spaces of salt streets wing are now available. It is shown here on an area of 1200 m² in changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
Exhibition
From the collection of approximately 3,000 images, the gallery presents about 300 works of art from the 19th century to the present. In addition, located in the premises of the exhibition objects from the collection of sculptures, which date from the same era as the paintings they each surrounding.
With major works New Masters are represented among others, the following painters in the gallery:
- Romantic Carl Gustav Carus
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
- Ludwig Richter
- Carl Christian Sparmann
- Lovis Corinth
- Max Liebermann
- Max Slevogt
Stakeholders include, among other
- Max Beckmann
- Arnold Böcklin, among other things with the painting The War
- Paul Gauguin
- Vincent van Gogh
- Karl Hofer
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Paul Klee
- Matt Wolfgang Heuer
- Paula Modersohn -Becker
- Claude Monet
- Emil Nolde ( including works from the time of their artistic community "bridge" )
- Max Pechstein
- Pablo Picasso
- Ferdinand of Rayski
- Theodor Rosenhauer
- Wilhelm Rudolph
- Karl Schmidt- Rottluff
- Hans Thoma with The Guardian of the Valley
Contemporary art is among others shown by
In the new Albertinum their own spaces, the artists
- Georg Baselitz
- R. A. Penck
- Gerhard Richter
Famous Works
Caspar David Friedrich: Megalithic grave in the snow
Caspar David Friedrich: Ships in the harbor in the evening
Ludwig Richter: Bridal procession in Spring
Ferdinand of Rayski: Portrait of Friedrich von Boxberg
Édouard Manet: Lady in Pink ( Madame Martin)
Arnold Böcklin: The War
Hans Thoma: The Guardian of the Valley
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: railway overpass Löbtauer street in Dresden
Claude Monet: The Peach Glass
Lovis Corinth: Model pause
Robert Sterl: Elbe Baggerer
Caspar David Friedrich: The big preserve in Dresden
Others
In 1994, the Society for Contemporary Art founded in Dresden eV This organization raises money for the purchase of pictures and organized on permanent loan to the museum. Through the support so far, more than 30 works of art acquired several exhibitions and finance.