With the exhibition “From Man to Man – Wilhelm Leibl & August Sander,” the Salzburg Museum welcomes two outstanding artistic figures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The presentation creates a dialogue across nine exhibition sections, bringing together a selection of paintings and graphic works by Wilhelm Leibl with photographs by August Sander. Although the two artists never met personally, their works reveal striking similarities and parallels. Through sensitive juxtapositions, the exhibition highlights both the distinctive qualities of each artist and their shared fascination with the human face.

The exhibition presents Leibl and Sander as masters of the human image and demonstrates the important role both artists played in shaping a form of art centered on humanity and realism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each was highly influential in defining artistic styles and left a lasting impact on Austrian art as well.

The exhibition was conceived by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne in cooperation with the Photographic Collection / SK Stiftung Kultur. It continues a series of exhibitions in which the Salzburg Museum annually hosts leading European collections and museums, creating encounters between artistic positions and different media. In this case, painter Wilhelm Leibl and photographer August Sander engage in a fascinating dialogue that transcends both artistic media and historical decades.

A collaborative exhibition with the Wallraf-Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, and the Photographic Collection / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne.