RomanticismandRealism

“... Highlights of 19th century architectural painting. They are indispensable for a passionate and knowledgeable collection of paintings from this period.”

“As an autodidact, Spitzweg was able to create his very own poetic pictorial worlds in which unusual characters frolicked and astonishing events transpired.”

“His vedute show the cities in an idealised manner and evoke precisely that Golden Age when the Netherlands achieved an incalculable wealth and the arts flourished.”

“Hendrikus van der Sande Bakhuyzen is considered one of the first Dutchmen to produce oil sketches for their paintings in the open air.”

“Hermann Corrodi became an internationally celebrated representative of Italian landscape painting and Orientalism equally, exhibiting in the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy in London and winning monarchs such as Queen Victoria as clients.”

“Mønsted developed a free painting technique which enabled him to depict the phenomena of nature with stupendous naturalism.”

"“The looks and moods of the animals in Wilhelm Kuhnert’s paintings make it easy for people to recognise themselves in them.” “At the intersection between Academic Realism and Impressionism, this modern painting - created in the Year of the Three Kaisers (Dreikaiserjahr) - reflects an important moment in the art and culture of the German Empire at the end of the 19th century.” "

“Grützner’s works do not have Spitzweg’s lightness, his genre scenes are… in rustic inns or wine cellars, never outdoors as in his friend’s work. His realistic painting, however, is undoubtedly impressive.”