Dachau Artists' Colony

In the early 19th century, the then-bucolic village of Dachau (located just 12 miles from Munich) began attracting landscape painters.

[2] Many stayed and formed a colony, drawn both by the picturesque surrounding moors stretching to the distant Alps and by the lower cost of living than in nearby Munich.

[2][1] Among those drawn to the artists' colony were Fritz von Uhde,[3] Walther Klemm,[4] Gertrud Staats,[5] and Carl Thiemann.

[6] The new colony achieved national recognition in 1898 when Hölzel, Dill, and Langhammer mounted a joint exhibition in Berlin under the title "The Dachauer".

[1] In addition, new developments in art during the postwar era — especially the rise of urban and industrial subjects — began to leave Dachau colony artists behind.