Schack Collection
Illustration — Schack-Galerie on Prinzregentenstraße The Schack-Galerie, also referred to as Sammlung Schack (the collection Schack) is a museum in Munich. It is one of the main permanent art galleries in the city and primarily covers 19th century German art. The museum is under the administration of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
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- 1857
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Illustration — Schack-Galerie on Prinzregentenstraße The Schack-Galerie, also referred to as Sammlung Schack (the collection Schack) is a museum in Munich. It is one of the main permanent art galleries in the city and primarily covers 19th century German art. The museum is under the administration of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
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Building
Building
The collection is housed in a building designed by Max Littmann (1907) on the Prinzregentenstraße in Munich. The building is next to the former diplomatic mission of Prussia, as Emperor Wilhelm II decided to keep the collection in Munich after it passed to him. 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
Gallery
• Illustration — Moritz von Schwind — Morgenstunde 1858 • Illustration — Anselm Feuerbach — Paolo und Francesca 1864 • Illustration — Franz von Lenbach — Hirtenknabe 1860 • Illustration — Arnold Böcklin — Villa am Meer II 1865 • Illustration — Carl Spitzweg — Hypochonder um 1865
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1857
Schack Collection established.
1857
Schack Collection is recorded from 1857.
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In 1855, Adolf Friedrich von Schack settled in Munich and became a member of the academy of sciences. Shack amassed a collection of paintings that included masterpieces of Romanticism, in particular by German painters. These included Anselm Feuerbach, Moritz von Schwind, Arnold Böcklin, Franz von Lenbach, Carl Spitzweg, Carl Rottmann, and others. Upon his death in 1894, he bequeathed the collection to the Emperor William II, however it remained in Munich. The collection includes some 180 paintings.
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- 1.muenchen.de. Schack Collection Munich: Discovering the Art of Late Romanticism - muenchen.de. www.muenchen.de.
- 2.Sieg, Caroline. Schack-Galerie. Frommers.
- 3.Sammlung Schack. Museu.MS.
- 4.Schack Collection: German art is this impressive. muenchen.de. 2023-08-10.
- 5.Schwarz, Cynthia. Conserving Canvas. Getty Publications. 264. 2023-10-24. 978-1-60606-825-0.
- 6.Guides, Fodor’s Travel. Fodor's Essential Germany. Fodor's Travel. 2025-08-26. 978-1-64097-829-4.
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