History

Paul Schönewald and Rainer Beuse(✝) started the gallery in 1992. From Krefeld and later from Xanten, Paul Schönewald developed a very personal program that focuses on selected positions of German and American post-war art as well as contemporary art. These include Josef Albers, Carl Andre, Georg Baselitz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Schütte or Cy Twombly. Today, their works are among the blue chips of the art market. But the discovery of new talents also provides surprises in the exhibition programme time and again. Since SCHÖNEWALD moved into rooms in a former hydraulics factory in Düsseldorf in 2006, exhibitions with artists of a younger generation such as Otto Boll, Karin Kneffel, Wilhelm Mundt, Andreas Schmitten or Stefan Vogel took place. For many years, Paul Schönewald has been looking after and developing important collections at home and abroad. With his gallery, he regularly participates in Art Cologne, Art Düsseldorf and TEFAF Maastricht.