Sammlung Schack (Schack collection)
With its extensive complex of works by Moritz von Schwind, Anselm Feuerbach and Arnold Böcklin, the Sammlung Schack (Schack collection) is one of the most important collections of 19th century German painting. Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack acquired around 200 paintings by contemporary artists and around 80 copies of paintings by Old Masters until his death in 1894 - the common criterion being that the works had to be filled with a "poetic spirit" as a counterpoint to the realism prevailing at the time. Thus the collection also includes paintings by Carl Rottmann, Friedrich Preller and Carl Spitzweg as well as Franz von Lenbach's famous "Shepherd Boy", which have a completely new effect here in front of boldly coloured walls.Another focus is on late Romantic landscapes from Southern and Northern Europe. Particularly noteworthy are the Spanish views by Fritz Bamberger and Eduard Gerhardt - two of the few German artists who travelled the Iberian Peninsula in the 19th century and whom Count Schack, as one of the greatest connoisseurs of Spain of his time, enthusiastically supported.During the temporary closure of the Neue Pinakothek (New Pinakothek), a selection of masterpieces of 19th-century art will be on display in the Schack collection from summer 2019.
Last edited on 29.10.2023