The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart , Germany , was designed by the British firm James Stirling , Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partner James Stirling . It was constructed between 1979 and 1984. The building has been claimed as the epitome of Post-modernism .
7-424: The new gallery occupies a site next to the old Staatsgalerie . A car park is located below the building. The building incorporates warm, natural elements of travertine and sandstone in classical forms, to contrast with the industrial pieces of green steel framing system and the bright pink and blue steel handrails. The architect intended to unite the monumental with the informal. The building's most prominent feature
14-609: A central rotunda. However, the front of the museum is not as symmetrical as the Altes Museum and the traditional configuration is slanted with the entrance set at an angle. In 2013, the Staatsgalerie returned Virgin and Child , a 15th-century painting attributed to the Master of Flémalle (1375–1444), to the estate of Max Stern, a German-born Jewish dealer who fled the Nazis and later operated
21-422: Is a central open-top rotunda. This outdoor, enclosed space houses the sculpture garden. It is circumnavigated by a public footpath and ramp that leads pedestrians through the site. This feature allows the public to reach the higher elevation behind the museum from the lower front of the building's main face. The Neue Staatsgalerie was designed after Stirling and Wilford won a limited entry competition in 1977. It
28-443: The following collections: The Neue Staatsgalerie , a controversial architectural design by James Stirling , opened on March 9, 1984 on a site right next to the old building. It houses a collection of 20th-century modern art — from Pablo Picasso to Oskar Schlemmer , Joan Miró and Joseph Beuys . The building layout bears resemblance to Schinkel 's Altes Museum , with a series of connected galleries around three sides of
35-561: The gallery "epitomized the first stage of Post-Modernism in much the way the Villa Savoye and Barcelona Pavilion summarized early Modernism ". 48°46′49″N 9°11′13″E / 48.78028°N 9.18694°E / 48.78028; 9.18694 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ( [ˈʃtaːts.ɡaləˌʁiː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] , "State Gallery") is an art museum in Stuttgart, Germany , it opened in 1843. In 1984,
42-656: The opening of the Neue Staatsgalerie ( New State Gallery ) designed by James Stirling transformed the once provincial gallery into one of Europe's leading museums. Originally, the classicist building of the Alte Staatsgalerie was also the home of the Royal Art School. The building was built in 1843. After being severely damaged in World War II, it was rebuilt in 1945–1947 and reopened in 1958. It houses
49-753: Was constructed between 1979 and 1984. Located next-door to Stuttgart's Alte Staatsgalerie , the design echoed the neoclassical design of the older building. Elements also alluded to Stirling's earlier, unbuilt designs, as well as making reference to the Altes Museum in Berlin, the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Pantheon in Rome. By uniting Modernist elements with overt Classicism, architectural critic Charles Jencks claims
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