museum in Munich

Lenbachhaus

Also known as Staedtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus

Municipal gallery in the former villa of painter Franz von Lenbach, expanded with a golden modern wing by Foster + Partners. Holds the world's largest collection of Blue Rider works (Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, Munter). Part of the Kunstareal museum district.

The world’s largest collection of Blue Rider paintings, including major works by Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and Gabriele Münter, in a Historicist villa extended by a 2013 Foster + Partners golden wing. The collection exists largely because Münter hid the work during World War II to save it from Nazi “degenerate art” confiscations; she donated it here in 1957. Tuesday to Sunday; EUR 15; U2 Königsplatz.

Type
museum
Destination
Munich
Cost
Paid entry
Founded
1891
Era
Historicism
Address
Luisenstrasse 33, 80333 Munich
Coordinates
48.1469, 11.5635
Official website
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