Dürer House and its Surroundings

Until after World War I a single man bore the responsibility for managing the Dürer House as a museum. That was, according to a tradition dating back to the later years of the age of Goethe, a local artist, who was granted the privilege of living in the third upper storey. The graphic artist Carl Daumerlang took up residence in May, 1893.

He remained in office for over a quarter of a century. To augment his modest salary, Daumerlang sold his own etchings. Of obvious interest to tourists were a variety of views of the Dürer House. Conspicuous is the frequency of gloomy nicht scenes, as though Daumerlang were consciously distancing himself from the clichés of conventional Dürer House souvenirs.