Sammlung Schack

Sammlung Schack

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Edited by: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München

Graphic Design: Büro Sieveking

Author: Dr. Herbert W. Rott

Texts by: Eva Ortner

German

October 2025, 288 Pages, 215 Photos

hardcover

170mm x 223mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-6057-7

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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| One of the most important collections of German nineteenth-century paintings

Munich's Schack Gallery is one of the most important collections of nineteenth-century German art. It was founded in 1909 by Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815-1894), whose purchases supported mostly younger artists who were either unknown or had received little attention: Anselm Feuerbach, Arnold Böcklin, Franz Lenbach, Moritz von Schwind, and Carl Spitzweg. Their paintings depict spheres faraway from the world of that time: myths and fairy tales; characters and themes from world literature; southern countries such as Italy, Greece, and Spain. With his collection, Schack, a German poet and European intellectual, shaped a unique visual cosmos that provides profound insight into the dreams and desires of the era.