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1850 - present
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Hamburg Art Gallery, art gallery in Hamburg, founded in 1850, with paintings and sculptures of all periods, drawings (notably by German Romantics), prints, coins, and medals. The collection of paintings is strongest in works of the later 19th and the 20th centuries. The building that originally housed the gallery dates from 1869. A new building opened in 1919.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.