
In 1815, the merchant and banker Johann Friedrich Städel of Frankfurt set forth in his will that his "sizeable collection" form an art institute.

The New National Gallery, houses the collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture from early modern art to art of the 1960's.

MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt/Main is one of the world’s most important museums of contemporary art with 4,500 works from 1960's to present.

The Neues Museum houses the Egyptian Museum, Papyrus Collection, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, and artefacts from Classical Antiquities.

The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn offers a varied programme of exhibitions of international significance.

The MMK is bringing together from international collections all of the 80 Andy Warhol works influenced by contemporary tabloids and other mass media.

Gerhard Richter, beyond a doubt the most famous German artist of his generation.

Edvard Munch is acclaimed for his vivid Symbolist painting and regarded as a pioneer of Expressionism.

The Stadel Museum will show one hundred and thirty works created at different points in Claude Lorrain's career.

The English animal painter George Stubbs (1724-1806) is the most prominent representative of so-called 'sporting art'.

Self - Portrait as the Ecce Homo, 1500 was painted by Albrecht Durer and is held in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.

Brillo Soap Pads Box, 1964, was created by Andy Warhol and is held in the Museum fur Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt.

Gerhard Richter, (1932 - ) created the painting Ema (Nude on a Staircase), 1966. The painting is held in the Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.