200 JAHRE AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE MÜNCHEN. MÜNCHEN UND DIE KUNST IN OSTMITTELEUROPA 1850 - 1914

The article offers information on the exhibition The 200 Years of the Fine Arts Academy Munich and the resulting extensive publication (589 pp.), both organized and published in 2008. It concentrates on the role of the academy in pursuing artistic progress in 19th century painting with a specific stress put on contacts with the environment in Eastern Europe (e.g. painters Mihaly Munkacsy, Laszlo Mednaszky).