The Galerie Neue Meister ( German pronunciation: [ɡaləˈʁiː ˈnɔʏə ˈmaɪstɐ] , New Masters Gallery ) in Dresden , Germany, displays around 300 paintings from the 19th century until today, including works from Otto Dix , Edgar Degas , Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet . The gallery also exhibits a number of sculptures from the Dresden Sculpture Collection from the same period. The museum's collection grew out of the Old Masters Gallery , for which contemporary works were increasingly purchased after 1843.
35-703: The New Masters Gallery is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) of Dresden. It is located in the Albertinum . The collection began as part of the Dresden Painting Gallery . The purchase of contemporary works, creating the "Modern Department", was stepped up in 1843 under Bernhard von Lindenau , director of the Royal Museums, who personally donated 700 talers each year for this purpose. The Academic Council, responsible for
70-759: A central administration. Twelve museums belong to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Further institutions, such as the Kunstbibliothek (Art Library), the Kunstfonds (Art Fund) and the Gerhard Richter Archiv (Gerhard Richter Archive) also belong to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The museums of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen are housed in six buildings. With the exception of Pillnitz Castle, they are all located in
105-656: A new German neo-conservatism. In the US, Roberta Smith , art critic for the New York Times , called attention to Rauch's work in 2002 with an article about the "painter who came in from the cold." In 2007, Rauch painted a series of works especially for a solo exhibition in the mezzanine of the modern art wing at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City . This special exhibition was called "Para." Rauch explains that he enjoys
140-560: A post communist Surrealism. But more than anyone Rauch is recognized as an East-West painter. Rauch merges the modern myths of both the Warsaw Pact and the Western world. His figures are portrayed in a landscape in which an American Comic-Aestheticism meets the Social Realism of communism. In the art publication Texte zur Kunst (Texts about Art, number 55), he was defined as an example for
175-474: A separate building on Brühl's Terrace , laying the foundations for what is now known as the New Masters Gallery. The Nazi campaign against " degenerate art " resulted in the confiscation and sale of 56 paintings, including works by Edvard Munch , Max Beckmann and Emil Nolde . In the 1945 bombing of Dresden , 196 paintings were destroyed by fire while on a truck. The present-day New Masters Gallery
210-485: A systematic fashion; in the process, they not only provided a foundation of extraordinary masterpieces for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, but also made these works accessible to select circles in their own time. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen has been a state-owned enterprise since January 1, 2009. The association includes twelve museums which operate independently within the context of their own collection, but all share various institutions and facilities as well as
245-508: Is never apparent; styles change at a whim." Rauch's parents died in a train accident when he was four weeks old. His father Hanno Rauch was 21, his mother Helga Wand 19 years old - at the time both of them studied art at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts). Neo Rauch grew up with his grandparents in Aschersleben and passed his Abitur exam at
280-478: Is the location of concentration and inspiration. Here the best ideas come to me." With an estimated fortune of €100 million, he was ranked one of the richest 1,001 individuals and families in Germany by the monthly business publication Manager Magazin in 2017. Rauch is the subject of the 2016 film Neo Rauch: Comrades and Companions , directed by Nicola Graef . In 1991 Neo Rauch had his first solo exhibition in
315-714: The Albertina , Vienna, Austria (2004). His work was featured at the 2005 Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he had his first solo North American museum exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Missouri in 2003-2004. In 2013, he got his first Belgian solo exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels ( Belgium ), called Neo Rauch. The Obsession of
350-984: The German Romantics Friedrich ( Ships in Harbour, Evening ), and Richter ; the Impressionists Corinth and Slevogt ; and the Expressionist Nolde , including his Brücke works, and Dix from the New Objectivity movement. There are also works by Beckmann , Gauguin , Kirchner , Klee , Modersohn-Becker , Monet , Munch , and one painting by Van Gogh . Rooms are devoted to Georg Baselitz , A.R. Penck and Gerhard Richter . Contemporary artists include Neo Rauch and Luc Tuymans . The Society of Modern Art in Dresden ( Gesellschaft für moderne Kunst in Dresden ), founded in 1994, raises funds for
385-548: The Green Vault that was moved to the renovated Dresden Castle at that time. Special exhibitions of contemporary art are now held there. Some 300 paintings out of a collection of about 3,000 works are exhibited in the gallery. They date from the 19th century until today. Also shown are works from the Sculpture Collection belonging to the same period. On display are paintings by numerous major artists, including those of
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#1732854526922420-517: The "Daphne" research, recording and inventory project. In 2020, the SKD restituted three graphic works from the Kupferstich-Kabinett to the family of Carl Heumann (1886-1945). Other restitutions are planned, but due to the covid epidemic, the transfer of two watercolor drawings with religious motifs by Peter Fendi (1796-1842) and an oil study of a girl with a parrot by Jakob Gensler (1808-1848) to
455-473: The Demiurge. Selected Works 1993-2012 . In painting "Characteristic, suggestion and eternity" are important marks of quality. I view the process of painting as an extraordinarily natural form of discovering the world, almost natural as breathing. Outwardly it is almost entirely without intention. It is predominantly limited to the process of a concentrated flow. I am deliberately neglecting to contemplate all of
490-728: The Jägerhof in Dresden-Neustadt. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden is owned by the State of Saxony . It is a member of the Konferenz Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen , a union of more than twenty cultural institutions in the former East Germany . In the museums of the Dresden State Art Collections, the provenances of all acquisitions of works of art since 1933 are systematically investigated as part of
525-735: The Leipzig Galerie am Thomaskirchhof. In 1993, the Deputy Director of the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Rolf Lauter , discovered the artist‘s work and, thanks to the support of the Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung, realized a first non-commercial presentation of his then latest works in the exhibition rooms of Dresdner Bank Frankfurt. In the catalog text, Lauter referred to Rauch‘s combinatorial principle of sampling, incorporating elements from art history, paraphrases of surrealism and metaphors of
560-940: The Porcelain Collection ( Porzellansammlung ), and the Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments ( Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon ). The Albertinum hosts the New Masters Gallery ( Galerie Neue Meister ) and the Sculpture Collection ( Skulpturensammlung ). Pillnitz Castle houses the Arts and Crafts Museum ( Kunstgewerbemuseum ) and the Japanisches Palais the Ethnographical Museum Dresden ( Museum für Völkerkunde ). The Saxon Folk Art Museum and Puppet Theatre Collection ( Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst and Puppentheatersammlung ) can be found in
595-568: The State of Saxony . It is one of the most renowned and oldest museum institutions in the world, originating from the collections of the Saxon electors in the 16th century. Today, the Dresden State Art Collections consists of fifteen museums. Most of them are located in the Dresden Castle , the Zwinger and the Albertinum . The museums belonging to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden originated from
630-729: The Thomas-Müntzer-Oberschule (now Gymnasium Stephaneum). He studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and then was Masterstudent with Professor Arno Rink (1981–1986) and with Professor Bernhard Heisig (1986–1990). After the fall of the GDR Rauch worked from 1993 to 1998 as an assistant to Arno Rink and Sighard Gille at the Leipziger Akademie. In 2004, he was a selector for EASTinternational with Gerd Harry Lybke. From August 2005 until February 2009, he
665-770: The Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Poland. In 2007, the Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague held a retrospective entitled "Neue Rollen," organized by the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , of Rauch's works covering 13 years. Other solo exhibitions include the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada (2006); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (2006); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Málaga, Spain (2005); and
700-520: The associations the word "para" evokes in his own mind, and says that his works at "Para" have no particular intention, but that they could signify anything to anyone. When I first agreed to do the Met exhibition, I thought about a way of working that would be about the nature of a museum. But straight away I realized that I was much more interested in those "visions from the Witches Circle" in my studio than I
735-711: The banal everyday world. Rauch won the Vincent Award in 2002, which received a corresponding solo show at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, The Netherlands, that same year. In 2010, Rauch had his first museum retrospective, which was jointly held at the Museum der bildenden Künste in Leipzig, Germany, and the Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich, Germany. In 2011, a selection of the works from this retrospective then traveled to
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#1732854526922770-551: The catalytic influences that would have the power to undermine the innocence of this approach because I would like to express a degree of clarity in these lines by way of example. I view myself as a kind of peristaltic filtration system in the river of time ... Rauch is considered to be part of the New Leipzig School and his works are characterized by a style that depends on the Social Realism of communism. Especially American critics prefer to recognize in his contemporary style
805-537: The collections of the Saxon electors, several of whom were also Kings of Poland. Historical sources show that August I, Elector of Saxony , founded the electoral Kunstkammer (literally “art chamber”) in 1560, a collection of art located in the Dresden Castle. August the Strong and his son, August III, Kings of Poland , were important patrons and remarkable connoisseurs of the arts. They developed their art collections in
840-480: The descendants of the former owner living in the USA and Great Britain have been postponed. [REDACTED] Media related to Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden at Wikimedia Commons 51°03′10″N 13°44′13″E / 51.05278°N 13.73694°E / 51.05278; 13.73694 Neo Rauch Neo Rauch ( German: [ˈneːo ˈʁaʊx] ; born 18 April 1960) is a German artist whose paintings mine
875-661: The gallery and the Academy of Fine Arts , also contributed 50 percent of the proceeds from its exhibitions towards new purchases. However, these funds were only enough for limited acquisitions, mostly restricted to German works. Until 1882 the collection contained only four major German Romanticism works; two paintings by Caspar David Friedrich and two works by Ludwig Richter . It was subsequently expanded under director Karl Woermann. The gallery first started to buy foreign contemporary works following an international art exhibition in Dresden in 1897. Under Hans Posse , director from 1910,
910-613: The gallery enlarged its collections of German Romanticism , Impressionism , and late 19th century "Civic Realism" ( Bürgerlicher Realismus ), which are still important today. The gallery was financially strengthened by the founding of the Dresden Museums Association in 1911 and the Patrons Association in 1917. In 1931, the Modern Department of the gallery with paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries moved into
945-869: The historic center of Dresden. Dresden Castle houses the Historic Green Vault ( Historisches Grüne Gewölbe ) and the New Green Vault ( Neues Grüne Gewölbe ), the Numismatic Cabinet ( Münzkabinett ), the Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs ( Kupferstich-Kabinett ), and the Armory ( Rüstkammer ) with the Turkish Chamber ( Türckische Cammer ). The Zwinger palace contains the Old Masters Picture Gallery ( Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister ),
980-459: The intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. His work reflects the influence of socialist realism , and owes a debt to Surrealists Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte , although Rauch hesitates to align himself with surrealism. He studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig , and he lives in Markkleeberg near Leipzig, Germany and works as
1015-519: The other hand, it's a prefix which evokes associations like para-normal , para-dox or para-noia . It may be read in a system connection, for example a picture like Paranoia reflects the cognitions theory in a hermetic room. Leipzig, Rauch's city of birth, is known historically as a city of trade through its association with the Leipzig Trade Fair . This civic-mindedness of a trader's city also expressed itself under communism where Leipzig
1050-464: The principal artist of the New Leipzig School . The artist is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner , New York. Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: "Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason
1085-452: The purchase of new works and organises permanent loans to the museum. Through its support, more than 30 works have been acquired and several exhibitions funded. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ( German: [ˈʃtaːtlɪçə ˈkʊnstˌzamlʊŋən ˈdʁeːzdən] , Dresden State Art Collections ) is a cultural institution in Dresden , Germany , owned by
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1120-514: Was Professor at the Leipziger Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst. Together with Timm Rautert he was curator for the exhibit "Man muss sich beeilen, wenn man noch etwas sehen will..." ("One has to hurry, if one still wants to see something...") at Gut Selikum in Neuss . Rauch works with his spouse and artist Rosa Loy at a former cotton-mill, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei , about which he says: "It
1155-527: Was founded in 1959, and has been housed in the upper rooms of the Albertinum since 1965. Subsequently, the gallery was able to retrieve a number of works that had been lost during and after World War II . The floods of 2002 made it necessary to renovate the Albertinum and build a new flood-proof depot. The Albertinum reopened in June 2010 with an enlargement to the "Salzgasse Wing". Its rooms were once occupied by
1190-479: Was in coming up with things in a purely thematic way. Calling them "visions" reflects my personality—they precede inspiration and spring from the moment when internal images appear at the prompting of intellectual decisions. I have no choice but to accept everything that I discover in this way. Works for "Para": The works created for "Para" are characterized by three elements: a pre-communist civic-mindedness, communist Social Realism , and an idealized countryside. On
1225-471: Was the center of popular resistance that led to Die Wende . Rauch uses characters and images of life of pre-communist civil society that was oppressed by communism in the GDR . The oppression of communism and the total control of civic life under the rule of communist ideology is one of the elements of Rauch's work. The destructive powers of ideologies is perhaps the reason why Rauch refuses to interpret his own work as
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