New Masters Gallery

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The Neue Meister gallery in Dresden is one of the most important modern German painting museums with around 300 paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries . The main focus of the collection is German romanticism , bourgeois realism of the second half of the 19th century and impressionism . The gallery emerged in 1931 from the "Modern Department" of the Dresden Picture Gallery.

The New Masters Gallery is part of the Dresden State Art Collections . It has been in the Albertinum on Brühl's Terrace since 1965 .

history

The collection of the works initially began in the Dresden picture gallery. After Bernhard August von Lindenau became head of the Royal Museums in 1830, an increased purchase of contemporary works of art for the newly created "Modern Department" began in 1843. Lindenau provided 700 thalers a year from his property. The Academic Council, which was responsible for the art academy and the picture gallery, also contributed 50 percent of the net proceeds of all academic art exhibitions for the purchase of the paintings. Nevertheless, one had to essentially limit oneself to German painters, as the available funds were very limited.

Up until 1882 there were only four important works of German Romanticism in the collection: By Caspar David Friedrich Two Men Contemplating the Moon and Hünengrab in Autumn and by Ludwig Richter Bridal Procession in Spring and crossing over the Elbe on the Schreckenstein near Aussig . Thereafter, the "Modern Department" was expanded under the direction of Karl Woermann with artistically demanding new acquisitions. After the international art exhibition took place in Dresden in 1897, the gallery now also bought foreign works of contemporary art.

Under Hans Posse , who had been director of the gallery since 1910, the “Modern Department” developed the collection areas that are still essential today: German Romanticism , bourgeois realism of the second half of the 19th century and Impressionism . With the founding of the "Dresden Museum Association" in 1911 and the "Patronage Association of the Picture Gallery" in 1917, the gallery was greatly strengthened financially.

In 1931 the “Modern Department” was moved to the secondary school on Brühlsche Terrasse . By taking action degenerate art the Nazis 56 major works from the collection of paintings were confiscated and sold. In the air raids on Dresden on February 13, 1945, 196 paintings were burned on a truck.

In 1959 the New Masters Gallery was re-established. It has been located in the skylight rooms of the Albertinum since 1965. During the time of the GDR , some of the pictures were bought back.

On June 19, 2010, the Albertinum was reopened after extensive renovation and renovation work. The renovation of the building and the installation of a flood-proof depot became necessary after the Elbe floods in 2002 . With the move of the Green Vault to the Residenzschloss , the rooms of the Salzgasse wing are now also available. Contemporary art is shown here in changing exhibitions on an area of ​​1200 m².

exhibition

The Tetschen Altar ( Cross in the Mountains ) by Caspar David Friedrich
Two women from Tahiti by Paul Gauguin
Buchenwald I by Gustav Klimt

From the collection of around 3,000 pictures, the gallery presents around 300 works of art from the 19th century to the present day . In addition, the exhibition rooms contain objects from the sculpture collection that date from the same era as the paintings that surround them.

The following painters, among others, are represented with major works in the Galerie Neue Meister:

Also represented are:

Contemporary art is shown by:

In the new Albertinum the artists have their own rooms:

Famous works

Others

In 1994 the Society for Modern Art in Dresden was founded. V. This association collects money to buy pictures and organizes permanent loans to the museum. The support has so far made it possible to acquire more than 40 works of art and finance several exhibitions.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Galerie Neue Meister (Dresden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b U. Bischoff, D. Sommer: Galerie Neue Meister Dresden . Dresden: Verlag der Buchhandlung König, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86560-856-7
  2. ^ Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Staatsbetrieb Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (ed.): The new Albertinum: an ark for art. New depot and renovation in the Albertinum - a project outline . Dresden 2007, p. 11.
  3. GMKD Society for Modern Art in Dresden e. V. . GMKD. 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '12.7 "  N , 13 ° 44' 5.5"  E