Rubens
Among the collection's strongest, alongside nineteenth-century German painting.
Paul Hermans — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raimond Spekking — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frank Vincentz — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frank Vincentz — CC BY-SA 3.0
Joseph Beuys taught sculpture there in the 1960s and 1970s and redefined what art could be — his works in fat and felt and his idea of social sculpture changed the whole field. Bernd and Hilla Becher taught photography there and produced a generation — Gursky, Struth, Ruff — known as the Düsseldorf School of Photography, which has dominated art photography internationally since the 1980s.
The two cities are neighbours with an old rivalry, and differ in character: Cologne is older and more relaxed around its Gothic cathedral, Düsseldorf newer and sleeker with fashion, art and contemporary architecture on the harbour. The train takes half an hour, and a day in Düsseldorf is worth it if art or architecture interests you.
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A large art museum in Düsseldorf, within the Ehrenhof complex built in the 1920s, covering eight centuries of European art. The collection is broad: European painting from the medieval period to the present, sculpture, prints, and one of the world's most important glass collections — more than thirteen thousand pieces spanning three thousand years of glassmaking, from the Phoenicians to Art Nouveau. Among its strongest holdings are works by Peter Paul Rubens, a collection of nineteenth-century German painting, and twentieth-century art. Düsseldorf itself is a significant art centre: its Kunstakademie produced Joseph Beuys, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth and others, and ranks among the most important art schools in twentieth-century Europe. A practical point: the museum has been through major renovation in recent years and its galleries have been rearranged — check what is open before going. English interpretation is available.
Among the collection's strongest, alongside nineteenth-century German painting.
From the Phoenicians to Art Nouveau in one collection.
It produced Beuys, Gursky and Struth — among Europe's most important art schools.
The Ehrenhof complex, north of central Düsseldorf