A small but finely curated selection of true classics and those that promise to become classics can now be found in parallel to the current exhibitions in our Classics Cabinet, curated by Johann Döbele. The selection is limited to a few exclusive pictures, chosen for their art-historical significance and artistic quality. In the coming weeks, we will be showing rare pictures by Eugen Batz, a Bauhaus student and master pupil of Paul Klee who became an important representative of the Informal movement after the Second World War. The post-war paintings on display here bear witness to his flair for color and composition. His later figurative works from the 1980s are characterized by a sparse palette and mark-making. The human figure, reduced to its silhouette, seems to dissolve into the painted background of the architecture. Three New Objectivity works, namely the “Portrait of a Niece” 1926 by Willi Müller-Hufschmid, “Village Entrance Sillenbuch (Winter)” 1931 by Leonhard Schmidt and Georg Scholz's “Usurious Farmers' Family” 1920 are particularly noteworthy in view of the “New Objectivity” centenary. Peter Brüning's international reputation alone means that he belongs in the classical program. His painting “12/II,56” is part of a ten-year work phase in which Brüning developed a gestural brushwork language rooted in American action painting, which allowed him to convey the most subtle emotional and spiritual resonances. Emilio Vedova's paintings are characterized by black, white, and all the shades of grey in between are his colouristic thinking and craft. Where color is added, it is an interjection, response or extension, but not the origin. Dynamic painting, eruptive discharge as if under power. These characteristics are also united in his painting “Ciclo 1962”, which is also part of the cabinet. Heinz Rabbow is not yet a “classic” in the true sense of the word in terms of his age, but in terms of the quality and impact of his paintings. Two pictures from last year and one from the late 1990s mark Rabbow out as a master of his craft, who has developed an unusually expressive, characteristic and at the same time strangely familiar visual language. His portraits based on memories and dreams are modern classics and demonstrate extraordinary talent.