Exhibition Preview 2025 and Outlook 2026

Exhibition Preview 2025 an Outlook 2026

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EXHIBITION PREVIEW 2025 AND OUTLOOK 2026

A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY TO 19TH-CENTURY FRANKFURT, THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE DEVOTED TO ANNEGRET SOLTAU, THE DRAUGHTSMAN WERNER TÜBKE, ASTA GRÖTING IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION, A MAJOR AUTUMN EXHIBITION ON CARL SCHUCH AND FRENCH MODERNISM, MAX BECKMANN ON PAPER AND, IN THE SPRING OF 2026, MONET ON THE NORMANDY COAST. THE DISCOVERY OF ÉTRETAT

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Carl Friedrich Mylius
View from the Hauptwache to the Zeil, 1864–1866
Albumen paper on cardboard, 17.8 x 23.5 cm
© Städel Museum

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Carl Friedrich Mylius, View from the Hauptwache to the Zeil, 1864–1866

Carl Friedrich Mylius
View over the Main with the Iron Bridge and Cathedral, 1860–1862
Albumen paper on cardboard, 12.6 x 23.3 cm
© Städel Museum

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Carl Friedrich Mylius, Blick über den Main mit Eisernem Steg und Dom, 1860–1862

Carl Friedrich Mylius
Frankfurt am Main: Römerberg, 1855
Albumenized salt paper on cardboard
25.8 x 23.2 cm
© Städel Museum

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Carl Friedrich Mylius, Frankfurt am Main: Römerberg, 1855

Carl Friedrich Mylius
Frankfurt am Main: Goethe Monument, 1865 – 1870
Albumen paper on cardboard
22.3 x 17.5 cm
© Städel Museum

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Carl Friedrich Mylius, Frankfurt am Main: Goethe Monument, 1865 – 1870

Annegret Soltau
Enclosed, 1973
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

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Annegret Soltau, Enclosed, 1973

Annegret Soltau
Self #1, 1–14, 1975, 1975
Courtesy: SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Wien
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Foto: Fotostudio pixelstorm, Wien (Manfred Kostal und Christian Schindler)

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Annegret Soltau, Self #1, 1–14, 1975

Annegret Soltau
Divided MOTHER Column, 1980–1981
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

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Annegret Soltau, Divided MOTHER Column, 1980–1981

Annegret Soltau
With Myself, 1975/2022
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

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Annegret Soltau, With Myself, 1975/2022

Annegret Soltau
Surgical Operations, 11.10.2001, 2001
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Foto: Fotodesign Hefele Darmstadt – Germany

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Annegret Soltau, Surgical Operations, 11.10.2001, 2001

Annegret Soltau,
MotherDaughterFatherSon, 76, 2005
Courtesy: Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Foto: Fotodesign Hefele Darmstadt – Germany

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Annegret Soltau, MotherDaughterFatherSon, 76, 2005

Werner Tübke
Icarus above the Vitosha Mountain Massif, 1980
Watercolour on wove paper
239 x 160 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Werner Tübke, Icarus above the Vitosha Mountain Massif, 1980

Werner Tübke
Street in Brussels (with Self-Portrait), 1965
Indian ink on wove paper
227 x 278 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Werner Tübke, Street in Brussels (with Self-Portrait), 1965

Werner Tübke
Harlequin on the Beach, 1965
Graphite on wove paper
408 x 398 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Werner Tübke, Harlequin on the Beach, 1965

Werner Tübke
Funeral in the Wintry Tian Shan Mountains, 1962
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
232 x 367 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Werner Tübke, Funeral in the Wintry Tian Shan Mountains, 1962

Werner Tübke
Study for the composition of “Recollections from the Life of Judge Schulze II”, 1965
Indian ink on wove paper
248 x 355 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Werner Tübke, Study for the composition of “Recollections from the Life of Judge Schulze II”, 1965

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Asta Gröting, Wolf and Dog, Videostill, 2021

Asta Gröting
Poto: Jennifer Endom
© 2024 Asta Gröting
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

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Asta Gröting, 2024

Wilhelm Leibl
The Painter Carl Schuch, 1876
Oil on canvas
58.5 x 50.5 cm
Munich, Bavarian State Paintings Collections, New Pinakothek

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Wilhelm Leibl, The Painter Carl Schuch, 1876

Carl Schuch
Still Life with Apples, Pears, and a Carafe, c. 1888
Oil on canvas
63 x 79 cm
Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum

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Carl Schuch, Still Life with Apples, Pears, and a Carafe, c. 1888

Edouard Manet
Flowers in a Crystal Vase, c. 1882
Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 24.5 cm
Washington, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

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Edouard Manet, Flowers in a Crystal Vase, c. 1882

Carl Schuch
The Rhododendron Basket, 1885/86
Oil on canvas
61 x 78 cm
State Art Collections, Gallery of Old Masters, Dresden

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Carl Schuch, The Rhododendron Basket, 1885/86

Carl Schuch
Parisian Houses, 1871/72
Oil on canvas
63 x 50 cm
Vienna, Belvedere

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Carl Schuch, Parisian Houses, 1871/72

Max Beckmann
Self-portrait with Fish, 1949
Brush in ink over charcoal on drawing cardboard
580 x 452 mm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett, Foto: © Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Photo: Christoph Irrgang

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Max Beckmann, Self-portrait with Fish, 1949

Max Beckmann
Woman with Candle (Quappi), 1928
Chalk over pencil on drawing cardboard
628 x 488 mm
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett
Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel

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Max Beckmann, Woman with Candle (Quappi), 1928

Max Beckmann
The Murder, 1933
Watercolour and gouache over charcoal on machine-made wove paper
498 × 455 mm
Städel Museum, Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Karin & Rüdiger Volhard
Photo: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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Max Beckmann, Der Mord, 1933

Max Beckmann
Flooded City, c. 1928 (?)
Chalk over pencil on drawing cardboard
581 x 468 mm
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Dauerleihgabe aus dem Nachlass Mathilde Q. Beckmann
Photo scan: Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

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Max Beckmann, Flooded City, c. 1928 (?)

Max Beckmann
Rodeo, 1949
Pen and black ink over pencil on machine-made wove paper
603 x 435 mm
Caroline and Stephen Adler
Foto: Max Yawney

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Max Beckmann, Rodeo, 1949

Max Beckmann
Tram Stop, 1945
Pen and black ink over pencil on machine-made wove paper
325 x 355 mm
Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan from Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Purchased with the support of Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht
Photo: Tom Haartsen

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Max Beckmann, Tram Stop, 1945