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In this 1892 painting, Walter Crane fuses Pre-Raphaelite expression with Art Nouveau and Symbolist influences.

Carl Spitzweg’s famous 1898 painting captures the spirit of the Biedermeier period.

Dating from 1898, this work by Max Liebermann exemplifies the preoccupation of German Impressionists with capturing the play of light in their work.

Edouard Manet’s painting from 1869 – a seminal work of strong light and dark contrasts that heralds the beginning of Impressionism – is one of the highlights of the Neue Pinakothek.

Arnold Böcklin’s oeuvre was heavily inspired by classical mythological themes. This work from 1883 depicts water nymphs, mermaids, and sea gods in a subtly erotic Neo-Baroque manner.

The museum’s collection is divided into two principal sections. The Classic Modern encompasses the period up to 1960 and features works by Kirchner, Nolde, Braque, Picasso, Klee, Beckmann, and others.

This section documents the art scene from 1960 onward and includes works by Beuys, Baselitz, Warhol, de Kooning, Twombly, and others.

A wide range of works from the Old Masters (Rembrandt, Titian) to Cézanne are some of the highlights of this collection, along with modern graphic works by Baselitz and Wols, and Franz Marc’s pen-and-ink drawing The Tower of the Blue Horses (1912). Over 45,000 drawings and roughly 350,000 prints are shown in rotating exhibitions.

Some 350,000 architectural drawings and plans, roughly 100,000 photographs, and approximately 500 models are presented in rotating exhibits on the ground floor of the Pinakothek der Moderne.

Modern utilitarian objects are the theme of this collection. Comprising nearly 60,000 objects, the exhibits range from chairs (Thonet room), to 1960s Pop furniture, to objects from the world of aerodynamics and computer design.