Timeline

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer: Federal Government/Bauer

Chancellor Ludwig Erhardt: Federal Government/Heisler

Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger: Federal Government/Wegmann

Chancellor Willy Brandt: Federal Government/Reineke

Chancellor Helmut Schmidt: Federal Government/Schaack

Chancellor Helmut Kohl: Federal Government/Fassbender

Chancellor Gerhard Schröder: Federal Government/Fassbender

Chancellor Angela Merkel: Federal Government/Bergmann

Paintings

Adenauer - painting by Hans Jürgen Kallmann, photo: Federal Government/Gathmann

Erhard - painting by Günter Rittner, photo: Federal Government/Wienke

Kiesinger - painting by Günter Rittner, photo: Federal Government/Gräfingholt

Brandt - painting by Oswald Petersen, photo: Federal Government/Wienke/VG Bild & Kunst

Schmidt - painting by Bernhard Heisig, photo: Federal Government/Reineke/VG Bild & Kunst

Kohl - painting by Albrecht Gehse, photo: Federal Government/Kühler/VG Bild & Kunst

Schröder - painting by Jörg Immendorff, photo: Federal Government/Steins, © The Estate of Jörg Immendorff, Courtesy Galerie Michael Werner Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Köln & New York