Neue Pinakothek

The Neue Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, Germany. Its focus is European Art of the 18th and 19th century. Together with the Alte Pinakothek and the Pinakothek der Moderne it is part of Munich’s “Kunstareal” (the “art area”). The name Alte (Old) Pinakothek refers to the time period covered by the collection, from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. The Pinakothek der Moderne exhibits modern art.

Highlights of the Neue Pinakothek

• “The Acropolis at Athens” by Leo von Klenze
• “Italia and Germania” by Friedrich Overbeck
• “The Poor Poet” by Carl Spitzweg
• “Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein” by Gustav Klimt
• Self-Portrait by Angelica Kauffman

Neue Pinakothek Collection

The museum houses a collection of thousands of European paintings from classicism to art nouveau. The collection includes:

• International paintings of the second half of the 18th century
• English and Scottish paintings of 18th and early 19th century
• German artists of Classicism in Rome
• German Romanticism
• Biedermeier
• French Realism and French Romanticism
• Deutschrömer (or German-Romans)
• History paintings
• German Realism
• German Impressionists
• French Impressionists
• Symbolism and Art Nouveau and early 20th century
• Sculptures

Neue Pinakothek

• Name:           Neue Pinakothek
• City:               Munich
• Country:        Germany
• Type:             Art museum
• Location:       Kunstareal, Munich, Germany

Explore Germany’s Museums

Berlin Museums

• The Pergamon Museum
• Neues Museum
• Altes Museum
• Alte Nationalgalerie – National Gallery (Berlin)
• Bode Museum
• Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• Spy Museum Berlin
• Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Deutsches Historisches Museum – German Historical Museum
• DDR Museum
• German Resistance Memorial Center

Munich Museums

• Art Galleries
  • Alte Pinakothek
  • Neue Pinakothek
  • Pinakothek der Moderne
  • Lenbachhaus
  • Museum Brandhorst
•   Greek and Roman Art
  • Glyptothek
  • Staatliche Antikensammlungen
• Egyptian Art
  • Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst
• Kunsthalle Munich
• Deutsches Museum – German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology

Hamburg Museums

• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg
• Miniatur Wunderland

Frankfurt Museums

• Städel Museum

Dresden Museums

• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Nuremberg Museums

• Germanisches Nationalmuseum

German Proverbs and Quotes

• German Proverbs and Quotes

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“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”
– Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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