The Schackgalerie is a museum in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
. It is one of the noted galleries in this city. The museum is under supervision of the
Bavarian State Picture Collection.
Collection
In 1855,
Adolf Friedrich von Schack
Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (2 August 181514 April 1894) was a German poet, historian of literature and art collector.
Background
Schack was born at Brüsewitz near Schwerin. Having studied jurisprudence (1834–1838) at the universities ...
settled in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
and became a member of the academy of sciences. Here he began to amass a splendid collection of paintings that included masterpieces of
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
by painters such as
Anselm Feuerbach,
Moritz von Schwind,
Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss symbolist painter.
Biography
He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade ...
,
Franz von Lenbach
Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach (13 December 1836 – 6 May 1904), was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society ...
,
Carl Spitzweg,
Carl Rottmann
Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann (11 January 1797, in Handschuhsheim – 7 July 1850, in Munich) was a German landscape painter and the most famous member of the Rottmann family of painters.
Rottmann belonged to the circle of artists around King Lud ...
, and others. Upon his death in 1894, he bequeathed the collection to the Emperor
William II, however it remained in Munich.
Building
The collection is housed in a building designed by
Max Littmann (1907) next to the former diplomatic mission of Prussia in the
Prinzregentenstraße as the emperor decided to keep the collection in Munich. The gallery building with its upper-level portico and the adjacent tract of the former Prussian embassy, appear as two independent building complexes, but are unified by a common base and corniceoring the connection. The façades of the buildings are built with bright sandstone. In the tympanium is an imperial coat of arms and a dedication by William II.
Gallery
File:Moritz von Schwind 004.jpg, Moritz von Schwind —
''Morgenstunde'' 1858
File:Inf. 06 Anselm Feuerbach, Palo e Francesca (1864).jpg, Anselm Feuerbach —
''Paolo und Francesca'' 1864
File:Franz von Lenbach 001.jpg, Franz von Lenbach
Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach (13 December 1836 – 6 May 1904), was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society ...
—
''Hirtenknabe'' 1860
File:Arnold Böcklin Villa sul mare.jpg, Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss symbolist painter.
Biography
He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade ...
—
''Villa am Meer II'' 1865
File:Carl Spitzweg 043.jpg, Carl Spitzweg —
''Hypochonder'' um 1865
External links
*https://www.pinakothek.de/sammlung/rundgang-sammlung-schack
Art museums and galleries in Germany
Neoclassical architecture in Munich
Museums in Munich
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