The Neue Pinakothek is one of the several important museums which constitute the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, or Bavarian State Collections. Its holdings amount to about 5,ooo works of art, dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, with the emphasis on paintings and sculpture of the nineteenth century. About 55o works are on display.

Introduction

Entrance Hall

International art around 

Early Romantic art

The court art of Ludwig I

German artists in Rome

The Nazarenes

The Georg Schaifer collection

Sculpture

Biedermeier art

Late Romanticism and Realism in France

Late Romanticism and Realism in Germany

Wilhelm von Kaulbach's designs for the

frescoes of the former Neue Pinakothek

History painting and establishment art in the 'Grunderzeit'

Hans yon Marees

B6cklin, Feuerbach and Thoma

Wilhelm Leibl and his circle

French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Social realism and plein-air painting

German Impressionism

International art around 1900 (Symbolism, Art Nouveau)

Bibliography and index