ALBERTINUM
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Built in 1887, renovated in 2005 and completely reopened in 2010, the Albertinum owes its name to the fifth king of Saxony, Albert. This building currently houses two major museums: the Neue Meister Gallery on the one hand, and the Sulkpturensammlung on the other. After the floods of 2002 which flooded the city and endangered thousands of artistic treasures, the Albertinum was redesigned to house a depot intended to protect the works by placing them as far as possible from the overflows of the Elbe..., in this case, under the roofs of the building.
Skulpturensammlung. From ancient sculptors to artists Glöckner or Cimiotti, Rodin, Permoser or Giambologna, the Albertinum has an exceptional collection of sculptures on its ground floor, featuring the Saxons Max Klinger and Georg Kolbe.
The first floor, dedicated to German classicism, illustrates, among other things, the work of Ernst Rietschel, another reference in this field.
Neue Meister Gallery. On the second floor of the Albertinum, the Gallery of Modern Masters is one of the most important museums in Germany. It is dedicated to the period from the Romantic period to the present day, including the Impressionist and Expressionist periods, among others. You can admire masterpieces by Carus, Monet, Degas, but also Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Monet, Kirchner or Chagall. There are also rooms exclusively dedicated to contemporary artists Sigmar Polke or Gerhard Richter, a painter born in Dresden in 1932, known for his production of both figurative and abstract paintings.
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