Carl Schuch and France

24 SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 1 FEBRUARY 2026
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CARL SCHUCH AND FRANCE

24 SEPTEMBER 2025 – 1 FEBRUARY 2026
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Carl Schuch (1846–1903) is one of the most fascinating painters of the 19th century. From 24 September, the Städel Museum will present the major autumn exhibition “Carl Schuch and France”, which will take a comprehensive look at his work, as well as at Impressionist and Realist painting. Schuch has long been an insider tip. He is perhaps the best-known “unknown” protagonist of late 19th-century painting. His art is a discovery. As a restless cosmopolitan, he broke away from national attributions early on and devoted himself uncompromisingly to painting. During his lifetime, he was hardly known to the public, but after his death, the art world quickly recognized the quality of his work, before it later fell into oblivion again.

The Städel Museum is bringing together around seventy of Schuch’s paintings in a stimulating dialogue with some fifty important works by French artists, including Paul Cézanne, Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet and Claude Monet. The exhibition focuses on Schuch’s years in Paris, where he experienced his most artistically formative period from 1882 to 1894. Schuch’s painting exudes a quiet yet impressive power. His work is characterized by subtle colour nuances, an extraordinary sensitivity to light and atmosphere, and an intense search for artistic truthfulness. Refusing to be pigeonholed into any particular style, he developed an unmistakable visual language.

This exhibition is more than a tribute. It presents Carl Schuch as an artist who, with his European perspective and unwavering attitude, wrote an independent chapter in art history. Current art technology research deepens our understanding of his working methods and opens up new perspectives on his work. The findings are presented in a clear and comprehensible way in the exhibition. With “Carl Schuch and France”, the Städel Museum invites visitors to embark on a journey of discovery that puts the artistic cosmopolitan and his impressive visual world in the spotlight they deserve.

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Alexander Eiling (Head of Modern Art, Städel Museum), Juliane Betz (Deputy Head of Modern Art, Städel Museum), Neela Struck (Associate Curator, Modern Art, Städel Museum)
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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

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

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Wilhelm Leibl, The Painter Carl Schuch, 1876

Gustave Courbet
The stream of Brême, 1866
Oil on canvas
114 x 89 cm
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

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Gustave Courbet, The stream of Brême, 1866

Paul Cézanne
Still Life with Fruit Bowl, Apples, and Bread, 1879/80
Oil on canvas
55.1 × 74.4 cm
Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Collection "Am Römerholz"

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Paul Cézanne, Stillleben mit Obstschale, Äpfeln und Brot, 1879/80

Claude Monet
View of the Creuse in cloudy weather, 1889
Oil on canvas
73,5 x 92,5 cm
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal

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Claude Monet, View of the Creuse in cloudy weather, 1889

Carl Schuch
Dead fox, 1882 or 1883
Oil on canvas
69,5 x 93 cm
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie
On loan indefinitely from the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation since 2015
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Carl Schuch, Dead fox, 1882 or 1883

Carl Schuch
The Basket of Rhododendrons (‘The Green Jug’), ca. 1886–1894
Oil on canvas
61 x 78 cm
State Art Collections, Gallery of Old Masters, Dresden
© Albertinum | GNM, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Jürgen Karpinski

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The Basket of Rhododendrons (‘The Green Jug’), c. 1886–1894

Carl Schuch
Bunch of Asparagus, Glass, and Clay Casserole, c. 1886–1894 oil on canvas, 79 × 63 cm
Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, neue Pinakothek
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Carl Schuch, Bunch of Asparagus, Glass, and Clay Casserole, c. 1886–1894

Edouard Manet
Asparagus bunches, 1880
Canvas
46 x 55 cm
Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Inv.-Nr. Dep. 0318
Photo: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln mit Rheinischem Bildarchiv, rba_d000221

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Edouard Manet, Asparagus bunches, 1880

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
© Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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

Carl Schuch
In the Doubs Valley (rocky forest landscape), 1886-1893
Oil on canvas
62 x 83 cm
München, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, neue Pinakothek
© bpk | Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

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Carl Schuch, In the Doubs Valley (rocky forest landscape), 1886-1893

Carl Schuch
Apples on White, with Half Apple, 1886–1894
oil on canvas, 63 × 79.5 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am
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Carl Schuch, Apples on White, with Half Apple, 1886–1894

Carl Schuch
Pumpkin, peaches and grapes, around 1884–1897
Oil on canvas
62 x 81 cm
Belvedere, Wien

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Carl Schuch, Pumpkin, peaches and grapes, around 1884–1897

Carl Schuch
Inner forest at the Saut du Doubs, around 1886-1893
Oil on canvas
150 x 200 cm
Belvedere, Wien

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Carl Schuch, Inner forest at the Saut du Doubs, around 1886-1893
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