page_title: Neue Staatsgalerie
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Neue Staatsgalerie / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eingangsbereich Neue Staatgalerie Stuttgart, 1984. Entwurf des britischen Architekten James Stirling. Fassade: Kalkstein "Travertin" und Sandstein. Der Kalkstein ist aus dem Steinbruch in Bad Cannstatt-Münster, in welchem mächtige Kalksinterterrassen der letzten Interglaziale aufgeschlossen sind. English: Front of the Neue Staatgalerie Stuttgart, 1984. Concept by the British Architect James Stirling. Facade: Limestone "Travertine" and sandstone. The Travertine was taken from the nearby stone pit at Stuttgart Bad Cannstatt-Münster, where mighty terraces of tufa (last Interglacial) are found.
context_page_description: The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, was designed by the British firm James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partner James Stirling. It was constructed between 1979 and 1984. The building has been claimed as the epitome of Post-modernism.
context_section_description: The Neue Staatsgalerie was designed after Stirling and Wilford won a limited entry competition in 1977. It was constructed between 1979 and 1984. Located next-door to Stuttgart's Alte Staatsgalerie, the design echoed the neoclassical design of the older building. Elements also alluded to Stirling's earlier, unbuilt designs, as well as making reference to the Altes Museum in Berlin, the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Pantheon in Rome.
  By uniting Modernist elements with overt Classicism, architectural critic Charles Jencks claims the gallery "epitomized the first stage of Post-Modernism in much the way the Villa Savoye and Barcelona Pavilion summarized early Modernism".
  In 2013, the Staatsgalerie returned Virgin and Child, a 15th-century painting attributed to the Master of Flémalle (1375–1444), to the estate of Max Stern, a German-born Jewish dealer who fled the Nazis and later operated the Dominion Gallery in Montreal.
caption: Main entrance
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