The paintings of the RheinRomantik collection take the spectator on a voyage along the romantic Rhine from Duesseldorf to Mainz, including also views of the adjoining valleys of the Ruhr, Ahr, Lahn, Moselle and Nahe. This landscape had a specific artistic significance throughout the century.

Romanticism was a counter movement to the rational logic of the enlightenment. It sought inner harmony and attempted to reconstruct the unity of nature, emotion and reason. Whoever wishes to discover these feelings today should treat oneself to this journey of the Rhine