Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin
The National Gallery in Berlin is focused on Art of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Starting with the Alte Nationalgalerie, which opened in 1876, its exhibition space has expanded to include five other locations. The museums are part of the Berlin State Museums, and the holdings of the National Gallery are exhibited across multiple locations.
Tour of the Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin
- “In Summer” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- “In the Conservatory” by Édouard Manet
- “Moonrise by the Sea” by Caspar David Friedrich
- “Cromwell in Battle of Naseby” by Charles Landseer
- Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci by Adolph Menzel
Highlights of the Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin
- “In Summer” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- “In Summer” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a portrait of twenty-year-old Lise Tréhot, who was Renoir’s companion from about 1866 to 1871. He painted her at least 23 times, including Lise, with a parasol, painted in 1867, which was Renoir’s first significant critical success at the Paris Salon in 1868. This success inspired Renoir to repaint her, this time in a more informal and intimate style.
- “In the Conservatory” by Édouard Manet
- “In the Conservatory” by Édouard Manet is set in a greenhouse in Paris. It shows a fashionable couple of some social rank. Their married status is conveyed by their rings and the proximity of their hands, which reflects a hint of intimacy. The woman is the focus of the portrait, as she is more prominently placed plus her more colorful attire. Their lack of engagement with the viewer creates a sense of detachment.
- “Moonrise by the Sea” by Caspar David Friedrich
- “Moonrise by the Sea” by Caspar David Friedrich was painted in 1822, depicting a romantic seascape scene. Three young people, two women side by side and a man further back, are sitting on a large boulder by the sea. They are silhouetted against the sky as they watch the moon rising to the east above a band of clouds. In the distance are two sailing vessels, ghosting on a light breeze. The painting is a view of the Baltic Sea, near Friedrich’s birthplace in Swedish Pomerania.
- “Cromwell in Battle of Naseby” by Charles Landseer
- “Cromwell in Battle of Naseby” by Charles Landseer depicts Cromwell reading a letter from the King’s private papers that were found in Charles’s Cabinet, after the Battle of Naseby. In this decisive battle, King Charles I lost the bulk of his veteran infantry and officers, all of his artillery and stores, his personal baggage and many arms. Captured in the baggage train were the King’s private papers, revealing to the fullest extent his attempts to draw Catholics and foreign mercenaries into the war.
- Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci by Adolph Menzel
German Proverbs and Quotes
Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin
- Name: Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery, Berlin
- German: Nationalgalerie
- City: Berlin
- Country: Germany
- Opened: 1876
- Type: Art Museum, Historic site
- Location: Bodestrasse 1-3 (Museum Island), Berlin, Berlin D-10178 Germany
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“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”
-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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