Arnold Böcklin, Anselm Feuerbach, Lovis Corinth, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein, Hans Purrmann, Max Slevogt, Albert Carrier-Belleuse, Otto Dix and Max Beckmann are all artists whose works are among the many highlights of the Museum Palatine Gallery’s collection. Following an extensive period of renovation spanning many years, our museum’s doors are now open to the public once again. During the careful reorganisation and comprehensive restoration of the permanent exhibition rooms on the second floor, great care was taken to comply with both construction and preservation requirements. Furthermore, the desire for contemporary form with regard to the collection’s presentation and the need for professional deposition of the extensive range of valuable artifacts were also fulfilled.

Through clear, light rooms, a bridge spans from the 15th century to the modern day. Works of artistic craftsmanship, such as high-quality furniture, porcelain and goldsmith’s wares, are combined with superb exhibits from the collection of paintings and sculptures. Among the oldest paintings on show are works by the significant regional artist Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685), in particular his portait of “Liselotte von der Pfalz” (Liselotte from the Palatine). One of the presentation’s main focuses is on 19th century art and it includes remarkable works such as those by Anselm Feuerbach, Carl Spitzweg and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer – donations from a foundation set up the Munich court councilor Joseph Benzino, who was born in Landstuhl. ‘German Impressionism’ is represented by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt; Expressionism by exemplary works such as Max Beckmann’s “Bildnis Minna Beckmann-Tube” (Portrait of Minna Beckmann-Tube), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Frühlingslandschaft” (Spring Landscape) as well as paintings by Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein and others, all of which are wonderfully complemented by Hermann Scherer’s sculpture “Das kleine Mädchen” (The Little Girl) - one of the Museum Palatine Gallery’s most recent acquisitions.

Post-1945 art is represented by Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Willi Baumeister, Antoni Tàpies and Fritz Winter, with their abstract-expressive and informal character, as well as constructive-concrete works by Hans Arp and Lucio Fontana.

A contemporary accent is added by Franz Bernhard, Kiki Smith, Andrea Zaumseil, Camill Leberer, Andreas Bee, Martin Noël and Michael Burges, as well as a few large-format drawings by Richard Serra, all of which highlight the Museum Palatine Gallery’s recent exhibition and acquisition activities.