Karl Friedrich Schinkel's most famous extant buildings are found in and around Berlin.
Fluffballs: The Persian Longhair
Persian Longhairs are true lounge lizards!
Cultured Wednesday: Eckersberg’s Fra Romsdalen
What a beautiful valley, what a beautiful painting.
Cultured Wednesday: Diefenbach’s Fairy Dance
Diefenbach was an early 'Lebensreformer' and an amazing painter.
Cultured Wednesday: Barber’s Suspense
In this house we have three reasonably little girls and three reasonably big dogs. It's unbelievable that we haven't had any of Charles Burton Barber's paintings on our family website before!
Cultured Wednesday: Carus’ Vollmond bei Pillnitz
Atmosphere. It bypasses cerebral knowledge and speaks instead to different levels within Man.
Cultured Wednesday: Aagaard’s Forests
Aagaard’s work is especially notable for his inclusion of historical architecture and ruins, which he often located in epic and romantic milieu.
Poesie: Rossetti’s The Woodspurge
This English poet with the Italian name was a painter as well as a poet.
Cultured Wednesday: Hacker’s Smithy in Winter
A native of Saxony, Hacker appears to have lived in Munich, Bavaria from 1862 onward.
Cultured Wednesday: Courbet’s Deer Taking Shelter in Winter
If one were to paint what is going on in the woods right now...