19th Century

One area of focus is on the artists of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, founded in 1819, from which the so-called Düsseldorf School of Painting emerged. Other German artistic centres of the time are also represented in the collection, such as Berlin, with pieces by Adolph von Menzel and Max Liebermann, Dresden, with works by Caspar David Friedrich, and Munich, with paintings by Carl Spitzweg and Franz von Stuck.