This comprehensive publication about the collection of the Frankfurt art patron Fritz P. Mayer shows works by 21 artists of the Leipzig School and Critical Realism on over 400 pages. There is an extensive text contribution for each artist. These were written by E. Beaucamp, G. Brüne, A. Eisman, M. Gisbourne, A. Hartog, D. Hoffmann, R. Hüttel, B. Jooss, P. Kaiser, L. Kikol, G. Lindner, M. Michael, A. Michalski, S. Michels, M. Rataj-Blunk, K.-S. Rehberg.

The following artists are represented in the catalog raisonné: Fritz Cremer | Wieland Förster | Hubertus Giebe | Johannes Grützke | Waldemar Grzimek | Ulrich Hachulla | Bernhard Heisig | Erich Kissing | Markus Matthias Krüger | Gero Künzel | Matthias Ludwig | Wolfgang Mattheuer | Wolfgang Peuker | Arno Rink | Johannes Rochhausen | Willi Sitte | Volker Stelzmann | Werner Stötzer | Günter Thiele | Michael Triegel | Werner Tübke