It is no surprise that the renowned Berlin portraitist Franz Krüger (1797-1857) should have had his even more famous colleague and artist Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) as a sitter. This rare lithograph of Schinkel was made in 1828, just at the time that Schinkel had already achieved fame and fortune as Berlin's outstanding architect as well as a painter of note. Some of Schinkel's grandest projects, such as the theatre at the Berlin Gendarmenmarkt, the Friedrichswerdersche church and the museum in the Lustgarten had already been completed or were nearing completion at the time this lithograph was made.
Our lithograph of Schinkel was made as a pendant to one of the sculptor Christian Rauch, and both appeared as editions in the same publishing house. Krüger continued to use Schinkel as a subject, and went on to make a very attractive pastel of the architect in 1836 [1]. In contrast to our lithograph, the pastel shows Schinkel clearly having aged, no doubt due to the considerable volume of work he had to carry as Prussian "Oberlandesbaudirektor". Schinkel also appeared as one of the Berlin luminaries depicted in one of Krüger's vast canvases, the Parade on the Opernplatz in Berlin ( 1824-1830) [2].
Franz Krüger was born in Großbadegast, near Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, in 1797. Although he commenced his studies at the Berlin Academy in 1812/13, he was in many ways self-taught and developed a knack for drawing horses (hence his soubriquet: "Pferde-Krüger", or horse-Krüger) whilst serving an apprenticeship in the Royal stables. It was his proximity to the Prussian court that led to his advancement, with Friedrich Wilhelm III ensuring his appointment to Professor in 1825 and enabling Krüger to travel abroad to work at the court of other Royal houses.
He became known especially for his portraits of the great and the good in Prussian society, but continued to produce paintings as well, often with a hunting motif, which are always excuted in a pleasingly idiosyncratic way. By the time he died in 1857 in Berlin, he had established a reputation as one of the most successful portraitists in Germany.
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1. See "Preussisch Korrekt. Berlinisch gewitzt. Der Maler Franz Krüger 1797 - 1857" (Munich/Berlin, 2007). The lithograph as nr. 68 on p. 131 and the pastel as nr. 129 on p. 165.
2. Nationalgalerie Berlin, Inv. Nr-A II 648
Our lithograph of Schinkel was made as a pendant to one of the sculptor Christian Rauch, and both appeared as editions in the same publishing house. Krüger continued to use Schinkel as a subject, and went on to make a very attractive pastel of the architect in 1836 [1]. In contrast to our lithograph, the pastel shows Schinkel clearly having aged, no doubt due to the considerable volume of work he had to carry as Prussian "Oberlandesbaudirektor". Schinkel also appeared as one of the Berlin luminaries depicted in one of Krüger's vast canvases, the Parade on the Opernplatz in Berlin ( 1824-1830) [2].
Franz Krüger was born in Großbadegast, near Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, in 1797. Although he commenced his studies at the Berlin Academy in 1812/13, he was in many ways self-taught and developed a knack for drawing horses (hence his soubriquet: "Pferde-Krüger", or horse-Krüger) whilst serving an apprenticeship in the Royal stables. It was his proximity to the Prussian court that led to his advancement, with Friedrich Wilhelm III ensuring his appointment to Professor in 1825 and enabling Krüger to travel abroad to work at the court of other Royal houses.
He became known especially for his portraits of the great and the good in Prussian society, but continued to produce paintings as well, often with a hunting motif, which are always excuted in a pleasingly idiosyncratic way. By the time he died in 1857 in Berlin, he had established a reputation as one of the most successful portraitists in Germany.
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1. See "Preussisch Korrekt. Berlinisch gewitzt. Der Maler Franz Krüger 1797 - 1857" (Munich/Berlin, 2007). The lithograph as nr. 68 on p. 131 and the pastel as nr. 129 on p. 165.
2. Nationalgalerie Berlin, Inv. Nr-A II 648
Portrait of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1828
Signed right (inscribed into the stone): "Krüger f. XXVIII"
Inscribed below left: "Lith.Inst. v. L. Sachse & Cie"
Below centre: "C.F. Schinkel./Verlag von Gebr. Gropius im Diorama"
Lithograph
16,4 x 19,9 cm
Provenance
Private collection, GermanyLiterature
Margarete Cohn, Franz Krüger, Leben und Werk (Phil.Diss. Breslau, 1909), nr. 26, p. 86.Preussisch korrekt. Berlinisch gewitzt. Der Maler Franz Krüger 1797 - 1857 (Munich/Berlin, 2007). p. 131, nr. 68.
It is no surprise that the renowned Berlin portraitist Franz Krüger (1797-1857) should have had his even more famous colleague and artist Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) as a sitter. This rare lithograph of Schinkel was made in 1828, just at the time that Schinkel had already achieved fame and fortune as Berlin's outstanding architect as well as a painter of note. Some of Schinkel's grandest projects, such as the theatre at the Berlin Gendarmenmarkt, the Friedrichswerdersche church and the museum in the Lustgarten had already been completed or were nearing completion at the time this lithograph was made.
Our lithograph of Schinkel was made as a pendant to one of the sculptor Christian Rauch, and both appeared as editions in the same publishing house. Krüger continued to use Schinkel as a subject, and went on to make a very attractive pastel of the architect in 1836 [1]. In contrast to our lithograph, the pastel shows Schinkel clearly having aged, no doubt due to the considerable volume of work he had to carry as Prussian "Oberlandesbaudirektor". Schinkel also appeared as one of the Berlin luminaries depicted in one of Krüger's vast canvases, the Parade on the Opernplatz in Berlin ( 1824-1830) [2].
Franz Krüger was born in Großbadegast, near Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, in 1797. Although he commenced his studies at the Berlin Academy in 1812/13, he was in many ways self-taught and developed a knack for drawing horses (hence his soubriquet: "Pferde-Krüger", or horse-Krüger) whilst serving an apprenticeship in the Royal stables. It was his proximity to the Prussian court that led to his advancement, with Friedrich Wilhelm III ensuring his appointment to Professor in 1825 and enabling Krüger to travel abroad to work at the court of other Royal houses.
He became known especially for his portraits of the great and the good in Prussian society, but continued to produce paintings as well, often with a hunting motif, which are always excuted in a pleasingly idiosyncratic way. By the time he died in 1857 in Berlin, he had established a reputation as one of the most successful portraitists in Germany.
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1. See "Preussisch Korrekt. Berlinisch gewitzt. Der Maler Franz Krüger 1797 - 1857" (Munich/Berlin, 2007). The lithograph as nr. 68 on p. 131 and the pastel as nr. 129 on p. 165.
2. Nationalgalerie Berlin, Inv. Nr-A II 648
Our lithograph of Schinkel was made as a pendant to one of the sculptor Christian Rauch, and both appeared as editions in the same publishing house. Krüger continued to use Schinkel as a subject, and went on to make a very attractive pastel of the architect in 1836 [1]. In contrast to our lithograph, the pastel shows Schinkel clearly having aged, no doubt due to the considerable volume of work he had to carry as Prussian "Oberlandesbaudirektor". Schinkel also appeared as one of the Berlin luminaries depicted in one of Krüger's vast canvases, the Parade on the Opernplatz in Berlin ( 1824-1830) [2].
Franz Krüger was born in Großbadegast, near Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, in 1797. Although he commenced his studies at the Berlin Academy in 1812/13, he was in many ways self-taught and developed a knack for drawing horses (hence his soubriquet: "Pferde-Krüger", or horse-Krüger) whilst serving an apprenticeship in the Royal stables. It was his proximity to the Prussian court that led to his advancement, with Friedrich Wilhelm III ensuring his appointment to Professor in 1825 and enabling Krüger to travel abroad to work at the court of other Royal houses.
He became known especially for his portraits of the great and the good in Prussian society, but continued to produce paintings as well, often with a hunting motif, which are always excuted in a pleasingly idiosyncratic way. By the time he died in 1857 in Berlin, he had established a reputation as one of the most successful portraitists in Germany.
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1. See "Preussisch Korrekt. Berlinisch gewitzt. Der Maler Franz Krüger 1797 - 1857" (Munich/Berlin, 2007). The lithograph as nr. 68 on p. 131 and the pastel as nr. 129 on p. 165.
2. Nationalgalerie Berlin, Inv. Nr-A II 648
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