The gallery was originally founded by Michael W. Schmalfuss in 1998 in Marburg. In 2011, a second gallery was opened in Berlin.
A vast variety of exhibitions have taken place, showing both established and young contemporary artists with German and international backgrounds.  The gallery mainly focuses on realism, representative and figurative painting and sculpture.

The Michael W. Schmalfuss Gallery also represents artists at international art fairs in order to solidify their position on a national and international level.

The Schmalfuss Gallery represents these artists among others:

ELVIRA BACH, MAX NEUMANN, PETER HAFF, PETER SENGEL, HANS-HENDRIK GRIMMLING, CLEMENS GRÖSZER, THOMAS JESSEN, ROLAND DELEAU, ANDREA MALÄR, CHRISTOPHER KOCHS, HANS SCHEIB, BERND SCHWARTING

The gallery participates also at many international art fairs.

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