Neue Pinakothek

On the back of the Alte Pinakothek building lies its younger cousin the Neue Pinakothek. The first building on the site was also commissioned by the greatest patron of arts of the Wittelsbach dynasty, Ludwig I in 1853 as a gallery for his collection of contemporary art that would facilitate a “dialogue” between the art of his day and the Old Masters exhibited in the Alte Pinakothek. That building was destroyed in WW2 & a new building often criticised for its postmodern exterior took its place in 1981.

Despite the criticism for its outer shape its interior is regarded as one of the best museum buildings of the post-war period in Germany thanks to the sequence of outstandingly lit rooms perfectly oriented to meet the requirements of the works on display. The Neue Pinakothek showcases some 400 paintings and sculptures from the 19th century ranging from Classicism to Jugendstil. Among the particular highlights are the paintings of the German Romantics & its famous collection of Impressionism that includes artists like Renoir, Manet, Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin, Degas, Vincent van Gogh and many others. More