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Karl Friedrich Schinkel, (born March 13, 1781, near Brandenburg, Brandenburg—died Oct. 9, 1841, Berlin), German architect and painter whose Romantic–Classical creations in other related arts made him the leading arbiter of national aesthetic taste in his lifetime.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (* 13. März 1781 in Neuruppin; † 9. Oktober 1841 in Berlin) war ein preußischer Baubeamter, Baumeister, Architekt, Stadtplaner, Maler, Grafiker, Medailleur und Bühnenbildner, der den Klassizismus und den Historismus entscheidend mitgestaltete.

Schinkel, Karl Friedrich (1781–1841). Prussian architect, the greatest in Germany in the first half of C19. He was not only an architect of genius, but a civil servant, intellectual, painter, stage-designer, producer of panoramas, and gifted draughtsman. His output was prodigious, and his stylistically eclectic work was lyrical and logical.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both Neoclassical and neo-Gothic buildings.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) - Architectural Review. Since 1896, The Architectural Review has scoured the globe for architecture that challenges and inspires. Buildings old and new are chosen as prisms through which arguments and broader narratives are constructed.