Tourists going to Germany, always try to visit the Dresden Picture Gallery, where the masterpieces of masters of world significance are exhibited. After all, not even art critics will be interested to get acquainted with its exhibits.
Where is the Dresden Picture Gallery?
After the original building, where the gallery was located, was destroyed during the Second World War, all the pictures were hidden, and then taken to the restoration. They restored the gallery and works for almost 20 years. In 1956 it was again opened. In 1965, part of the collection (paintings of younger artists) was transferred to a new building.
Now the Gallery of New Masters is located on the Elbe Embankment, in the Albertinum area, where there used to be a royal arsenal. The exhibition of works of old masters remained in the original place - in the territory of the architectural ensemble Zwinger. Address of the Dresden Picture Gallery - st. Teaterplatz, 1.
I work both exhibition centers from 10 to 18 hours.
Famous paintings of the Dresden Picture Gallery
Gallery of old masters
In total, the permanent collection of the ancient gallery of the city of Dresden has over 750 paintings by artists from the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Early and High). Most of the available paintings are on restoration. Among them are the works of Rafael Santi, Titian, Rembrandt, Albrecht Durer, Velasquez, Bernardino Pinturicchio, Francesco Franca, Peter Rubens, Velasquez, Nicolas Poussin, Sandro Botticelli, Lorenzo di Credit and other famous artists.
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The most famous paintings of this part of the Dresden Picture Gallery are:
- "Sistine Madonna", Raphael;
- "Chocolate Girl", Jean Etienne Lyotard;
- Portrait of a Boy, Bernardino Pinturicchio;
- "Self-Portrait with Saskia", Rembrandt;
- "Caesar's Dinar", Titian;
- "A girl reading a letter by the window," by Jan Vermeer of Delft.
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All the paintings on the walls hang in the old darkened frames, but at the same time the gallery uses the most modern devices to create optimal conditions for storage and profitable display.
In addition to watching famous paintings, when visiting the Gallery of old masters you can have a great time, walking along the alleys of the ensemble Zwinger.
Albertinum
The building is divided into two zones: a gallery of paintings and exhibition halls with sculptures.
Gallery of New Masters
There are exhibited no less popular artists of Europe, who created in the 19 and 20 centuries. Altogether there are about 2500 works, of which only 300 are exhibited.
Among the exhibited artists the most popular is the German romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich Gerhard Richter. In the same direction worked Carl Gustav Carus, Ludwig Richter and Johan Christian Dahl.
From the impressionists in the halls of this gallery are Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Max Lieberman, Eduard Manet, Max Slefogt. In addition, there are works of Otto Dix (expressionist), Karl Lohse, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and George Baselitz.
Sculpture Collection
On the ground floor there are statues created from the ancient times to the 21st century. Here is the most complete collection of works by Auguste Rodin. Among the sculptures of other authors it is possible to single out the "Ballerina" by Edgar Degas and "The Bowed Knee" by Wilhelm Lembroke.
In addition to paintings and statues, this museum has an interesting collection of coins, seals, prints and other very interesting exhibits of the world cultural heritage.
Despite the war and other cataclysms, the Dresden Picture Gallery keeps its treasures and gives an opportunity to get to know them all.
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