1811 Sulamith undMaria , Franz Pforr landscape, 1828 Hunters inmountain Wilhelm vonKobell THE MUSEUM T Zick’s earliest paintingsinthecollectionisJanuarius andimpressionism. Oneofthe the age,from laterococo andclassicismto passes thedifferent artisticmovementsof beginning ofthe20thcentury. Itencom spans theperiodfrom theearly18thto 19th centuryGermanart.Thecollection world’s mostimportantprivatecollectionof trait one ofthelatestMaxLie he GeorgSchaeferMuseumhousesthe (1927). Bäuerliches Idyll tinues thetraditiones Georg SchaeferMuseumcon- masters. Inthisrespect the bylesser-known ant artists,aswellmany groups ofpaintingsbyimport major individualworkswith collection isthewayitblends The moststrikingaspectofthe kothek inMunich. in BerlinandtheNeuePina man artbytheNationalgalerie Britain inLondonandforGer- for EnglishartbytheTate ( Peasant Idyll,c.1760), bermann’s tab Selfpor- lished - - -

c. 1826 Evening ontheBaltic Caspar DavidFriedrich Flirtation Januarius Zick THE COLLECTOR – THE PROJECT , c.1760/65 , and wascompletedin2000. buildings. Constructionworktooktwoyears, pean competitiontodesignthemuseum Berlin architect Volker StaabwontheEuro- cial supportofthefoundation.In1997 the museum,andnowrunsitwithfinan- , themunicipalityofSchwein With backingfrom theStateof With collection availabletothepublic. tablished inorder tomakethe Co. In1997afoun FAG Kugelfischer GeorgSchäfer& Schäfer (1896-1975),co-ownerof after World War IIbyGeorg The collectionwasassembled dation wases- furt built

self in abasin , 1872/75 Worker washing him- Adolph Menzel torso Selfportrait upper , THE COLLECTION , 1909 Wach. Lugo, GustavSchönleberandWilhelm known artists,includingCarlBeckmann,Emil The Museumalsobringstolightlesser- world’s largestcollectionofCarlSpitzweg’s The GeorgSchaeferMuseumhousesthe I.),1879. at theCourtofKaiserWilhelm study ( Frie Pforr’s Major worksinthecollectionincludeFranz Evening ontheBaltic drich’s celebratedAbendanderOstsee and AdolphMenzel. Greiner, PetervonHess,MaxLiebermann Lovis Corinth,JosephFüh rich, Otto collections byLudwigVogel, RudolfAlt, graphics section.Theseincludeextensive and watercolours housed inaspecial siderable numberofdrawings,gouaches In addition,theMuseumcontainsacon Cercle am Hof Kaiser Wilhelm I Cercle amHofKaiserWilhelm Sulamith undMaria mann andMaxSlevogt. as wellMaxLieber- Carl Schuch,HansThoma cle, JohannSperland Leiblandhiscir-Wilhelm Ferdinand Waldmüller, David Friedrich,Georg col well-represented inthe Menzel. Otherartists and draw paintings,goua oil ings –aswellover100 paintings and110draw- works –nearly200oil ) andAdolphMenzel‘s lection includeCaspar , CasparDavid nsbyAdolph ings ( Group ches - I lookforward toseeingyouinthemuseum. Phone +499721514830 Booking ofyourguidedtoursand yourprivateevent: c. 1860 The Portraitist Carl Spitzweg THE IDEA ,

The complexity of the period of 19th cen tury art will be illustrated in exhibitions, lec- tures, guided tours, family programs, school projects, courses for children, con- certs and rea draw on the collection’s extensive re- sources, and will be accompanied by one-

off displays of pain WHAT´S HAPPENING : the enthusiasmforhorror fantasy. the trends towards pathosandin role oftheacademies,conceptgenius, acteristics –themanygenres, theparti 19th centuryart,withitsunmistakeablechar The Museumoffers auniquepanoramaof century through the eyes of the 21st. Special exhibitions will draw on the re sources of the graphics section.

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- FLOOR 3 On three floors, the buildings houses service How to reach us Museum Georg Schäfer, Museum Georg Schäfer The permanent areas (Floor 1), rooms for special exhibitions Brückenstraße 20 collection Schweinfurt (Floor 2) and galleries lit by daylight display- 97421 Schweinfurt / IN ENGLISH 1 Romanticism ing a selection of paintings from the Muse- www.museumgeorgschaefer.de 2 The huge gallery um’s permanent collection (Floor 3). By train: change ICE, IC train at Würzburg „Everything about this place will be unforgettable: 3 The Impressionists or Bamberg for Schweinfurt the building itself, the presentation, and above all 4 By plane: airports Frankfurt am Main, a truly wonderful collection of paintings. I feel 5 „Biedermeier“ privileged to have seen it.“ 6 Vienna and and Nuremberg. Waldmüller By car: motorways A3, A7 or A70. A visitor from Birmingham, England, 2005 7 Late Romanticism (Car parking in the museum‘s own under- 8 „Nazarener“ 9 Classicism ground garage / signposted as Parkhaus P2, 10 Early Paintings of Brückenstraße. Private coaches should park at „Thank you for this time and I would love to the the Maxbrücke, called Wehranlage) come back for another exhibition.“ 11 Spitzweg and his By bike: please see Main-Radweg, signs in A visitor from Gothenburg, Sweden, 2006 friends 12 Carl Spitzweg white/green 13 Historian paintings 765417 By boat: stop at the Mainlände. and Genre of the You find the Museum Georg Schäfer just Munich School 816 14 and 123 around the corner. his circle By foot: The museum is situated in the town 915 Museum Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt, Main 15 Christian aspects centre of Schweinfurt, next to the Rathaus around 1900 Brückenstraße 20 (Town Hall), at the River Main. 16 Art Deco 97421 Schweinfurt / Germany 17 Idealism and 10 11 12 13 14 Municipal bus stop: Markt (market). Phone: +49-9721-51 4820 / 51 4830 / 51 4825 the „Salon“ Getting here Please contact for further information Fax: +49-9721-51 4831 Tourist Information Phone: +49-0 97 21-51 36 00 E-Mail: [email protected] FLOOR 2 www.museumgeorgschaefer.de By train ... Special exhibitions To host the next special event at the MGS call +49 9721 51 4820 / 4830 By plane ... 1 paintings ADMISSION 111 e By car ... 2 drawings ss en a b Am Mühltor Tuesday – Sunday 10 a. m. – 5 p. m. g ra A n r G m 3 Dept. of drawings e Martin- St. Johannis-Kirche O u Ober b By bike ... a Luther- e Thursdays until 9 p. m. B Krumme Gasser Platz en and sketches: Wal e Str l reading room Christmas closures . By boat ... Hellersg.

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Schultesstr Rusterberg 4 Café Car parking museum program. 5 Toilet By train 6 Lecture Hall 1 Station 5 5 Schweinfurt Mitte 7 Educational Dept. The River Main The museum shop and café are open during museum opening hours. Phone: +49-9721-730077 Konzept und Entwurf Sigrid Bertuleit weppDesign The Panorama of 19th century