Larry had a full day of work. Eileen planned on two museums: Lenbachhaus and the Residenz Palace Museum, separated by lunch. First stop was the Lenbachhaus in the museum quarter in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich.

The Lenbachhaus boasts the largest collection of Blue Rider art in the world. The artist group “Blauer Reiter” or "Blue Rider" formed in Munich at the beginning of the 20th century. From the Simply Munich website, “The Blauer Reiter embarked on an entirely new artistic path: away from the confines of lifelike depiction and towards a description of the artist's inner experience.” The notable artists were Gabriele Münter, Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Maria Franck-Marc, August Macke, Alexej Jawlensky, Marianne Werefkin, Robert Delaunay, and Elisabeth Epstein. Note: The “The Blue Rider” for which the group is named is in a private collection in Zurich.

After a very nice lunch at the Lenbachhaus cafe, Eileen headed to the Residenz Museum. The Munich Residence is one of the most important palace museums in Europe. The extensive building is a monument in stone to the self-image of its patrons, the rulers from the House of Wittelsbach, who governed Bavaria first as dukes, from the 17^th century onwards as electors and from 1806 to 1918 as kings. Much of the palace and its furnishings were destroyed during WWII. The palace was reconstructed by the 1980s, and furnishings were replaced.

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