Carl Schuch and France

PRESS RELEASE

MAJOR EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO CARL SCHUCH AND MODERN FRENCH PAINTING FROM 24 SEPTEMBER / TICKET PRE-SALES NOW OPEN

The Städel Museum is dedicating a major exhibition to Impressionist and Realist painting from 24 September 2025. The focus is on Carl Schuch (1846–1903), arguably the most famous “unknown” protagonist of late 19th-century painting. Although largely ignored by the public during his lifetime, Schuch’s work attracted considerable attention from critics, museums, and collectors after his death—only to be forgotten again. With “Carl Schuch and France“, the Städel Museum presents a brilliant rediscovery, bringing together Schuch’s fascinating paintings with important works of French art, including paintings by Paul Cézanne, Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet and Claude Monet. The exhibition focuses on Schuch’s years in Paris. A restless cosmopolitan, he settled in the metropolis in 1882 and experienced the most productive phase of his artistic career there.

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