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Gate in the rocks
Karl Friedrich Schinkel1818
Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Details
- Title: Gate in the rocks
- Creator: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
- Date Created: 1818
- Physical Dimensions: w48.0 x h74.0 cm
- Type: Painting
- Technique and material: Oil on canvas
- Inv.-No.: W.S. 202
- Copyrights: Photo: © b p k - Photo Agency / Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Andres Kilger
- Artist biography: Karl Friedrich Schinkel was the foremost Prussian architect, city planner and a painter. From 1772 to 1800 he studied architecture under Friedrich Gilly and his father in Berlin. After a journey to Italy, he began work as an independent painter in 1805. In 1816 he created the scenery for Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, including the stage for the Queen of the Night scene, adorned with stars, which has since become iconic. Despite such successes, he decided to devote himself to architecture. He became famous as one of the most prominent German architects and created Neoclassical as well as Neo-Gothic buildings, mainly in Berlin and surrounding towns. Well known landmarks of his making include the Berlin Altes Museum on Museum Island, the Neue Wache (1816–18) and the Schauspielhaus (1819–21) at Gendarmenmarkt. In 1826 he also produced the plans for Charlottenhof Palace and St. Nikolaikirche, both in Potsdam. His style stands out for its pronounced Greek influence, while in his later years he applied Neo-Gothic elements such as can be seen in the brickwork of Friedrichswerder Church (1824–31).
- Artist Place of Death: Berlin, Germany
- Artist Place of Birth: Neuruppin, Germany
- Artist Dates: 1781-03-13/1841-10-09
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