Albertinum Masterpieces of the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Modernism in the view - Klimt, BRÜCKE, Modersohn-Becker, Lehmbruck, Kokoschka, Dix ...: selected masterpieces from the period 1900 to 1940. Paintings and sculptures between Fin de Siècle and New Objectivity (tour with audio commentaries).
WELCOME

HISTORY OF THE ALBERTINUM

START IN THE SCULPTURE HALL
Now go back towards the entrance and enter the Sculpture Hall through the door on the left with the luminous arrow. Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker is then directly ahead of you.

Introduction to the Sculpture Hall

The Thinker
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) | Sculptor

Herwarth Walden
Wauer, William ((1866-1962)) | Sculptor
Walden, Herwarth ((1866-1962)) | Person(s) shown

Drama
Klinger, Max ((1857-1920)) | Sculptor

Kneeling Woman
Lehmbruck, Wilhelm (1881-1919) | Sculptor

Prometheus
Prell, Hermann ((1854-1922)) | Sculptor
A. Milde & Co.

Aphrodite
Prell, Hermann ((1854-1922)) | Sculptor

Klinger Hall

Next stop up the stairs
The next work on our tour is a in the Klinger Hall.

Idolino
Schneider, Sascha ((1870-1927)) | Sculptor

Large Robed Female Figure
Klinger, Max ((1857-1920)) | Sculptor

Portrait of a Lady with a Cigarette
Zwintscher, Oskar ((1870-1916)) | Painter

Display storeroom

Crouching Japanese Woman
Kolbe, Georg ((1877-1947)) | Sculptor

Follow the tour to the 2nd floor
Continue to the 2nd floor. The best way to get there is via the stairs or the elevator in the main stairway. To the right of the stairway (as seen from the stairs) continues the chronologically arranged collection. Now walk through 8 rooms to reach the Impressionist Room.

Beech Grove I
Klimt, Gustav ((1862-1918)) | Painter

Sick Child
Rosso, Medardo ((1858-1928)) | Sculptor

Sandstorm in the Libyan Desert
Slevogt, Max ((1868-1932) ) | Painter

The journey continues
The next stop on our tour is also on show in the next room.

Female Head and Mask
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl ((1884-1976)) | Painter

Old Woman with Hat
Modersohn-Becker, Paula ((1876-1907)) | Painter

Red Sound (Portrait of Ludwig Renn)
Lohse, Carl ((1895-1965)) | Painter
Renn, Ludwig ((1895-1965)) | Person(s) shown

Portrait of Gitta Wallerstein
Kokoschka, Oskar ((1886-1980)) | Painter
Wallerstein, Gitta ((1886-1980)) | Person(s) shown

Last stops
Our tour continuous with a work by Rudolf Bergander in the next room.

Reclining Couple
Bergander, Rudolf ((1909-1970)) | Painter

War
Dix, Otto ((1891-1969)) | Painter

Last but not least...
Our next stop is Hans Grundig’s triptych on the opposite side of the wall.

The Thousand-Year Empire
Grundig, Hans ((1901-1958)) | Painter

Thank you and good bye
Now we have come to the end of the tour. We appreciate the interest and thank you for your attention. For more exciting tours, you can have a look at the tour overview.

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