German Painting

19th-century German painting is characterized by the development of Romanticism, which contrasted emotionality with the rationalism of Classicism. A key phenomenon was the Düsseldorf School, founded at the Academy of Arts in 1819. The school had a significant influence on European and American art, including the formation of the Hudson River School in the United States. The works of the school's artists covered historical, religious, and genre subjects, as well as landscape painting, which was noted for its high level of detail.