Carl Schuch has been called “one of the undiscovered geniuses of the 19th century,” and this exhibition, an assemblage of some 70 works, aims to give him his proper place in art history. Schuch, who was born in Vienna in 1846 and died there in 1903, came from a wealthy family. In his early years, he lived with a fellow painter, Karl Hagemeister—they were presumed to be romantically involved—but otherwise he led a solitary existence. Schuch could afford to live as he wanted. He had sufficient means so that he did not have to worry about commercial success, and sold only one painting during his lifetime. He painted flowers, quiet landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. His palette and technique remind one of Courbet but with a softer light and less structure, and the style of painting is tender. —Nicholas Fox Weber