- Galerie Neue Meister
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The Galerie Neue Meister (English: New Masters Gallery) is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) of Dresden, Germany. It is located in the Albertinum, and owns over 2,500 works from the 19th century to the present.[1][2]
Cross in the Mountains (Tetschen Altar) by Caspar David Friedrich.
Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape by Ludwig Richter.The Gallery features paintings by numerous major artists, including those of the German Romantic (Friedrich, Richter); Impressionism (Corinth, Slevogt); and Expressionism/New Objectivity (Nolde, including his Brücke works, Dix). Others include Beckmann, Gauguin, Kirchner, Klee, Modersohn-Becker, Monet, Munch, and one work[3] by Van Gogh. There are rooms devoted to Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck and Gerhard Richter.[4] The best-known contemporary artists include Neo Rauch and Luc Tuymans.
The Gallery also contains a number of sculptures from the Dresden Sculpture Collection, from eras matching those of the paintings.[1]
History
The collection began as part of the Dresden Painting Gallery. The purchase of contemporary works, creating the "Modern Department", was stepped up in 1843 under Bernhard von Lindenau, director of the Royal Museums, who personally gave 700 talers each year for this purpose. The Academic Council, responsible for the Gallery and the Academy of Fine Arts, also contributed 50% of the proceeds from its exhibitions towards new purchases. However, these funds were only enough for a limited intake, mostly restricted to German works.[1]
Until 1882 the collection contained only four major works of the German Romantic. It was subsequently expanded under director Karl Woermann. The Gallery first started to buy foreign contemporary works following an international art exhibition in Dresden in 1897.[1]
Under Hans Posse, director from 1910, the Gallery enlarged its collections of German Romanticism, Impressionism, and late 19th century "Civic Realism" (Bürgerlicher Realismus), which are still important today. The Gallery was financially strengthened by the founding of the Dresden Museums Association in 1911 and the Patrons Association in 1917.[1]
In 1931, the Modern Department (the forerunner of the New Masters Gallery) moved into a building on Brühl's Terrace. The Nazi campaign against "degenerate art" resulted in the confiscation and sale of 56 major works. In the 1945 bombing of Dresden, 196 further paintings were destroyed by fire while in a truck.[1][5]
The present-day New Masters Gallery was founded in 1959,[6][7] and has been housed in the upper rooms of the Albertinum since 1965.[1][5] During the GDR era it was able to retrieve a number of works that it had lost.[8]
The Society of Modern Art in Dresden (Gesellschaft für moderne Kunst in Dresden), founded in 1994, raises funds for the purchase of new works and organises permanent loans to the museum. Through its support, more than 30 works have been acquired and several exhibitions funded.[1][9]
The floods of 2002 made it necessary to renovate the Albertinum and build a new flood-proof depot.[4] The Albertinum reopened in June 2010, since when the Gallery has also had access to the "Salzgasse Wing", whose rooms were once occupied by the Grünes Gewölbe.[10] Special exhibitions of contemporary art are now held there across a floor space of 13,000 sq. ft.[11][12]
External links
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Galerie Neue Meister www.dresden-und-sachsen.de (Dresden and Saxony tourist website). (German)
- ^ Die Galerie Neue Meister Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, 18 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (German)
- ^ Still Life with Quince Pears The Vincent van Gogh Gallery. (English)
- ^ a b Georg Baselitz Visits His New Exhibition Space at Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden Oliver Killig, ArtDaily, 27 May 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (English)
- ^ a b Galerie neue Meister und Skulpturensammlung Uta Baier, Die Welt, 4 March 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (German)
- ^ Die Entwicklung und Förderung der Galerie Neue Meister durch die GMKD Gesellschaft für moderne Kunst in Dresden, self-description. (German)
- ^ History of the Collection Staatliche Kunstsammlungen. (English)
- ^ Renovated Albertinum in Dresden Unites Past and Present in New Exhibition Halls Matthias Hiekel, ArtDaily, 20 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (English)
- ^ Erwerbungen der GMKD für die Galerie Neue Meister Gesellschaft für moderne Kunst in Dresden, acquisitions. (German)
- ^ Ein Haus der Moderne, das in die Zukunft hineinwachsen will Birgit Grimm, Sächsische Zeitung, 20 May 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (German)
- ^ Über dem Hof Ulrich Brinkmann, Bauwelt, 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (German)
- ^ Albertinum wird teurer - Salzgassenflügel wird Ausstellungsraum Ad Hoc News, 7 April 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2010. (German)
Coordinates: 51°03′13″N 13°44′05″E / 51.05361°N 13.73472°E
Categories:- Art museums and galleries in Dresden
- Museums established in 1931
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