The Dachau Painting Gallery has a collection of 19th and 20th century paintings in its permanent collection which are typically of the landscape genre. Dachau was one of Germany’s most important artist attractions of this genre, with painters such as Christian Morgenstern, Carl Spitzweg, Ludwig Dill and Arthur Langhammer famed for their landscape depictions of the moors around the town, spending time here to pursue their work.