Carl Schuch and France

24 SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 1 FEBRUARY 2026
Exhibition Hall
Press Preview: Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 11:00 am

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CARL SCHUCH AND FRANCE

24 SEPTEMBER 2025 – 1 FEBRUARY 2026
Exhibition Annex
Press Preview: Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 11.00 am

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, … continue reading


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

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

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

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"

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

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
seit 2015 unbefristete Leihgabe der Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung

Carl Schuch, Dead fox, 1882 or 1883

Carl Schuch
The Rhododendron Basket, 1886–1894
Oil on canvas
61 x 78 cm
State Art Collections, Gallery of Old Masters, Dresden
© Albertinum | GNM, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Jürgen Karpinski

Carl Schuch, The Rhododendron Basket, 1885/86

Edouard Manet
Asparagus bunches, 1880
Canvas
46 x 55 cm
Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Dep. 318

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

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
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München – Neue Pinakothek

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

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

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

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

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

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