Take a look at a selection of available icons and send a direct inquiry.
Yours, Anita Dünnwald-Rutz
The renowned icon gallery “MARIA RUTZ” has an extensive selection of original Russian and Greek icons from the 15th to 19th centuries.
company history
1906
Ludwig Rutz
Ludwig Rutz founded a book and art shop in Neuss on the Rhine.
1946
Maria Rutz
In 1946, his daughter Maria Rutz continued the tradition with her own art dealership after studying music and art in the USA, Munich, and Rome.
1952
Düsseldorf
In the early 1950s, MARIA RUTZ relocated her business to Düsseldorf, where she focused primarily on furniture, paintings, sculptures, and antique decorative arts. After studying music and art in the USA, Munich, and Rome, her daughter Maria Rutz continued the tradition with her own art dealership.
1958
First Icons
At the end of the 1950s, she included icons in her range for the first time, and due to her fascination with them, she made them her main area of expertise just a few years later.
MARIA RUTZ was one of the first to bring icons to the German market and is considered a pioneer in the industry.
With numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad, as well as well-researched catalogs, she introduced a wide audience to the cult images of the Eastern Church, which were still largely unknown in the West at the time.
She participated in the first Munich Art Fair and is a co-founder of the West German Art Fair in Cologne.
1980
Anita Rutz
Since 1980, the gallery has been managed by her daughter Anita, who has been a co-owner since 1965.
