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For the first time, the Scharf Collection, one of Germany’s most important private collections, will be presented on a large scale – namely from 24 October 2025 at the Alte Nationalgalerie. The collection comprises mainly 19th- and 20th-century French art as well as contemporary international art. The exhibition shows a selection of around 200 works, including outstanding pieces by Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet, and invites visitors on a journey through the collection: from Goya and French Realism to the French Impressionists and Cubists to contemporary art. A particular highlight is a selection of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s complete collection of prints.
The Scharf Collection is the direct successor to Otto Gerstenberg’s important private collection in Berlin, which ranged from the beginnings of modernism with Goya to pioneers of the French avant-garde such as Gustave Courbet and Edgar Degas. His daughter Margarethe Scharf managed to save most of the collection despite many losses during the Second World War. The grandsons Walther and Dieter Scharf built up …
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Fig. above: Claude Monet, Waterloo Bridge, 1903, oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm © The Scharf Collection, Ruland Photodesign
