Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek)Munich

The Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich is a world-class painting gallery which makes Munich one of the greatest cultural cities in Europe.This wonderful art museum is situated in Kunstareal in Munich. This brilliant art museum houses some of the world’s best paintings and it is an wonderful and overwhelming experience to be inside the museum . The Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich displays more than 800 paintings and most of them are the product of 14th and 18th century European paintings..

HISTORY

Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich was born in two different periods in German history and architecture : the early 19th century and the post war years of the 20th century. It is the child of both Leo von Klenze (1784-1864) and Hans Dollgast (1891-1974).King Ludwig I put the responsibility on Leo von Klenze, the finest classical architect , to put up a new building to showcase the growing royal art collections. It was built in 1826-1836 in a neo-renaissance pattern. Dollgast ,however ,deviced ideas for the reconstruction of the Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich after the building was demolished by the bomb war due to Nazi invention o. Though the Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich boasts of being one of the oldest art museums in the world , the recently opened Pinakothek der Moderne exhibits modern art .

WORKS ON EXHIBITION

This finest art museum houses the masterpieces of almost all the outstanding artists of the worldand of all ages.. Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich exhibits the finest works of Da Vinci, Boticelli, Rubens, Raphael, Rembrandt, van Dyck.It has the largest Rubens collection in the world. Old Pinakothek (Alte Pinakothek), Munich exhibits the breathtaking works of the world famous artists.

GERMAN PAINTERS (14th -17th century)

Stefan Lochner
Albrecht Altdorfer
Cranach
Michael Pacher

DUTCH PAINTERS (15th-18th century)

Dieric Bouts
Hans Memling
Hieronymus Bosch

FLEMISH PAINTERS (16th -18th century)

Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Van Dyck

ITALIAN PAINTERS (13th-18yth century)

Giotto
Sandro Botticelli
Fra Lippo Lippi
Raffael
Guido Reni
Luca Giordano

FRENCH PAINTERS (16th-18th century)
Claude Lorrain
Nicolas Poussin

SPANISH PAINTERS (16th-18th century)

El Greco
Velazquez
Murillo