New Pinakothek in Munich

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The amazing picture gallery, called the New Pinakothek, was conceived in 1846 as a logical extension of the Old Pinakothek. Representing in the early art of the late 18th century. The new Pinakothek has gradually covered both painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries.

By the way, the Old Pinakothek (and the strangest word "Pinakothek" means in the Greek "storehouse of boards and paintings") is also located nearby, directly opposite, and it hosts the works of masters from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. There is also the third Pinakothek - Modernity, it contains the works of art of the modern world - the 20th and 21st centuries ..

The gallery was founded in 1853 by order of the Bavarian King Ludwig the First, who wished to create a collection of art, at that time modern, that could be before the public eye. However, the king was a patriot, and painting at that time was only a Munich school. As a result, all the works were placed in the Old and New Pinakothek. Thus, Nova subsequently acquired the status of the world's first pinakotheque containing collections of contemporary art

New Pinakothek holds the world's largest art collection of the 18-20th centuries

Only at the beginning of the last century the exposition of the New Pinakothek included the works of French impressionists Cezanne, Gauguin, Manet and other famous masters. In the New Pinakothek there are more than 3000 paintings and 300 sculptures. This is the world's largest art collection of the 18-20th centuries. Now the New Pinakothek is being replenished with new collections, and thanks to donations and the help of art connoisseurs, it is one of the most extensive expositions of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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In 22 halls and 10 cabinets located in the postmodern building of the Pinakothek, built only in 1981 (the old building was destroyed during the war), paintings by Manet, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet and Toulouse-Lautrec are presented. In the second half of the 20th century. The collection was replenished with the works of Delacroix, Degas, Sisley. Now in the halls of the museum you can see the paintings of Jacques Louis David, Thomas Gainsborough, Francisco Goya, Camille Corot, Gustav Klimt, Auguste Rodin and many other famous artists.

Look at all these masterpieces worth seven EUR for adults and five EUR for students and pensioners, children under 18 years old are free, on Sundays the entrance costs one euro at all.

How to get there

New Pinakothek is next to Staraya Street at Barerstrasse, 29. Day off - Tuesday, entrance fee, travel on 27 tram, by bus number 53 and by metro 2, 8 to the stop. Theresienstrasse

New Pinakothek in Munich

One of the halls, New Pinakothek in Munich

Hall, New Pinako ESA in Munich