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Galerie im Lenbachhaus

The "Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus", the former villa of the "painter prince" Franz von Lenbach, largely owes its reputation as a major international museum to its unique collection of works by the artist group "The Blue Rider". With a magnificent donation from Gabriele Münter, on the occasion of ther eightieth birthday 1957, the Städtische Galerie came into possession of an outstanding collection of works by Wassily Kandinsky and by Münter herself, as well as many works by their other artist frined in the Blue Rider Circle, that turned the Lenbachhaus overnight into a museum of world significance. In addition to this the collection was enlarged by several works of Blue rider artists by the Bernhard Koehler foundation. Over the years thanks to the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner foundation it was possible to add significant pieces, the Kubin Archive of the Hamburg collector Dr. Kurt Otte was purchased in 1971.

The unique collection of works by Kandinsky, Marc, Münter, Klee, Macke, Jawlensky and other artists friends in the Blue Rider circle, such as Bechtejeff, Bossi and Werefkin, documents Munich's contribution to classic modernist art in the decade preceding the First World War.

In addition, Lenbachhaus also offers a look at the 19th century Munich school of painting. Moreover, consistent presentations in the area of contemporary art have lead to substantial acquisition activity during the last 20 years of works by important present-day artists as Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer, Andy Warhol, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Michael Heizer, Ellsworth Kelly, Sean Scully, Jenny Holzer, James Turrell, Dennis Adams, Jeff Wall, Katharina Sieverding, Christian Boltanski, Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Franz Gertsch, Arnulf Rainer, Andreas Hofer, Isa Genzken, Olafur Eliasson and Angela Bulloch.

With the opening of the Kunstbau in 1994, Lenbachhaus experienced a fundamental expansion of its exhibition possibilities.
The Kunstbau is located in a formerly unused space that originated during the construction of the U-Bahn (underground) above the actual station at Königsplatz.

Admission prices (includes Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau)
Regular: 5 - 10 Euro
Reduced: 2,50 - 5 Euro
Family ticket: 7,50 - 15 Euro
No group reduction

Opening hours
Tue - Sun, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., open on all holidays, excluding Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Shrove Tuesday
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