Andy's Germany Adventure: Day 13 - Staying in Stuttgart

Saturday 22 January 2011
Stuttgart, Badem-Württemberg.

I am lucky enough to be staying with a friend in central Stuttgart, so it was a short walk to the museums. We looked in first at the city Kustmuseum (art museum), which is a new glass structure call the Cube. It is notable for the collection of works by Otto Dix, whose works ranges from the touching through satirical to downright disturbing! In all cases it is gripping. The gallery also has work by local 20th century artists up to the present day.

A much larger museum is the Staatsgalerie (state gallery), which houses the art collection of the free state of Badem-Württemberg. Actually, it is two buildings linked together on the first floor called the Alte Galerie (old gallery) and Neue Galerie (new gallery). The 'old' and 'new' must refer to the buildings, becasue they do not reflect the organisation of the contents, which is rather engagingly arranged in a faily mixed up manner.
The state gallery is notable for its collection of work by Hans Holbein and his contemporaries, and for its collection of German expressionist work. They also have a few nice Picassos and a fair cross section of work from all centuries from the 13th to the present, including a lot by Max Beckman and their fair share of minimalists.

Another sore-feet day, but very satisfying.