New Masters Gallery and the Sculpture Collection
Wednesday 16th September 2009
One of Dresden’s major museums is set to reopen again in 2010 after a five year period. The Albertinum has undergone major refurbishment in order better to showcase two of the country’s finest collections, the New Masters Gallery and the Sculpture Collection. The Neue Meister boasts works from 1800 onwards, its chief attraction being the outstanding inventory of German Romanticist painting and in particular some seminal works by Caspar David Friedrich. The Expressionists are also well represented whilst the collection of French and German Impressionists is also of the highest order.
By way of contrast, the Skulpturensammlung comprises works which span more than five thousand years, from the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean to the present. Among the items on display are exquisite Greek and Roman sculptures as well as vases, bronzes and terracottas. In the redesigned building treasures rarely shown previously will now be placed on view.
This project represents a further step in the reorganization of the Dresden State Art Collections which began some five years ago. The Historic Green vault opened to enormous public acclaim in 2007 and the reopening of the Albertinum in 2010 will further cement Dresden’s status as one of Europe’s major cultural centres.
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