Postcard from Berlin, 5. (Museum Berggruen)

The view east from the Fernsehturm

Day 5 in Berlin began with a trip to the top of the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) in Alexanderplatz to see the 360° panorama of the city.
Back on the ground, I made my way across the city to Charlottenburg to visit the Museum Berggruen.
Situated opposite Charlottenburg Palace the museum is housed in the Western of a pair of handsome matching 'Stülerbau' - pavilions built by Friedrich August Stüler in 1859 for the palace guards.

Charlottenburg Palace

Museum Berggruen

Mueseum Berggruen, interior - looking up into the monopteron (rotunda)

The collection itself, amassed by dealer and collector Heinz Berggruen (1914-2007), is principally of work by Picasso - with a little Matisse, Braque and Giacometti thrown in: it is wonderful. (The collection also includes Klee, but none was on display at the time of my visit.)

Pablo Picasso, Female Nude (study for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon), 1907

Pablo Picasso, Houses on a Hill (Horta de Ebro), 1909

Pablo Picasso, Bottle, Absinthe Glass, Fan, Pipe, Fiddle and Clarinet on a Piano, 1911-12

Pablo Picaso, Still Life in front of a Window, St Raphael, 1919

Pablo Picasso, Seated Nude Drying her Foot, 1921

Pablo Picasso, Reclining Nude, 1938

Pablo Picasso, The Yellow Pullover, 1939

Pablo Picasso, Large Reclining Nude, 1942

Pablo Picasso, Reading, 1953

Detail of standing figure by Alberto Giacometti

Henri Matisse, Vegetable Elements, 1947

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See also Postcards 1, 2, 3 and 4.