• The Sagacious and the Fatuous Virgins

    Peter von Cornelius (1783 – 1867),
    The Sagacious and the Fatuous Virgins,
    1813-16,
    oil on canvas,
    116 x 155,2 cm,
    Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

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  • Two Girls at the Well

    Eduard Bendemann (1811 – 1889),
    Two Girls at the Well,
    1833,
    oil on canvas,
    131 x 183 cm,
    Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

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  • Italian Landscape

    Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807 – 1863),
    „Italian Landscape“ – View to the South from the Serpentara over the Sacco Valley on the Volsker Mountains with the Monte della Pera, Paliano in the Middle, Olevano on the Right,
    1839,
    oil over pencil sketch, on ribbed vellum, on cardboard,
    48 x 77 cm,
    Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

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  • Harz Landscape near Regenstein

    Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808 – 1880),
    Harz Landscape near Regenstein,
    1853,
    oil on canvas,
    58 x 89 cm,
    Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

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  • Sunset at the North Sea

    Heinrich Heimes (1855 – 1933),
    Sunset at the North Sea,
    1891,
    oil on canvas,
    74 x 142,7 cm,
    Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

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Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810 – 1853), Studio Scene, 1836, oil on canvas, 72 x 88 cm, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Welcome

The new website The Düsseldorf School of Painting is intended to provide a central source of information on the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Launched in fall 2011, the project will be updated and completed regularly.

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Friedrich Boser (1809 – 1881), 57 Portraits (detail), 1842, oil on canvas, 50 x 282 cm, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Documentation Center

The Documentation Center on the Düsseldorf School of Painting (DDM) is located in the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. It offers manifold information on artists and artworks of the Düsseldorf School of Painting. From the year 2000 on, it has been built up systematically and is being extended continuously.