The Collection

The Gallery of Paintings, with works of European painting from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century, is the department with the oldest roots at Museum Kunstpalast. They go back ultimately to the legendary Picture Gallery that Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm founded at the close of the seventeenth century.

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Andreas Achenbach (Kassel 1815-1910 Düsseldorf), Die alte Akademie in Düsseldorf,1831, Öl auf Leinwand, 64 x 81 cm, Stiftung museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf

Exhibition

World Class. The Düsseldorf School  1819 – 1918

After an interval of over thirty years, Museum Kunstpalast once again honours its unique collection of works by the Düsseldorf School of painters, with a large survey exhibition on the subject. It focuses on the school’s international context and its continuity into the modern period.

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Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), Jonas und der Wal, 1621, Öl auf Eichenholz, 36 x 52,1 cm, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Collectors and Patrons

Support for the Collection

To a major extent the  Picture Gallery owes the diversity and significance of its collection to generous collectors, donors and patrons who have contributed to the acquisition, research and care of the holdings.

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