24 September 2025 – 1 February 2026
Städel Museum, Exhibition House
About the exhibition
Carl Schuch (1846–1903) is considered one of the most fascinating, yet least known painters of the 19th century. With its major autumn exhibition "Carl Schuch and France", the Städel Museum is dedicating a comprehensive show to this extraordinary artist for the first time.
Around 70 works by Schuch enter into dialogue with some 50 masterpieces by French artists such as Paul Cézanne, Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet and Claude Monet. The focus is on Schuch's years in Paris (1882–1894), during which he experienced his most artistically formative creative phase.
The exhibition shows Schuch as a cosmopolitan who devoted himself uncompromisingly to painting, refused to be pigeonholed stylistically and developed an unmistakable visual language. His still lifes and landscapes are characterised by subtle colour nuances, sensitivity to light and atmosphere, and impressive intensity.
Highlights
- Comparison of Schuch with 19th-century French modernism
Dr Alexander Eiling (Head of Modern Art Collection, Städel Museum)
Dr Juliane Betz (Deputy Head of Modern Art Collection, Städel Museum)
Dr Neela Struck (research assistant, modern art, Städel Museum)
- In collaboration with Dr Roland Dorn (author of the Carl Schuch catalogue raisonné)
Funding
Funded by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe (Deutsche Leasing AG, Frankfurter Sparkasse, Sparkassen-Kulturfonds des DSGV), the Fontana Foundation, the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain gGmbH and the Städelschen Museums-Verein e.V. mit den Städelfreunden 1815.
