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Movement / Style: 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. The son of an archdeacon, Schinkel studied architecture with the brilliant Friedrich Gilly (1798–1800) and at Berlin’s Academy of Architecture (1800–02), followed by several years in Italy.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Karl Friedrich Schinkel was an influential German architect and painter, renowned for his Romantic-Classical and medieval works that earned him the status of the pioneer arbiter of national aesthetic taste. Karl Friedrich Schinkel was born on March 13, 1781, in Neuruppin, Berlin, to a renowned archdeacon. Karl began his infatuation with architecture after being influenced by the works of the notable architect Friedrich Gilly, and in 1798, he studied under the ...

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was the leading architect in Berlin during the first half of the nineteenth century, one of the most productive and innovative artistic minds of his era, and arguably one of the founders of the modern tradition in architecture as such. Schinkel's importance as a teacher and role model for architecture is as important as his work as designer and builder of several monumental structures in Berlin and in Prussia generally.

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 neogothic buildings. His most famous buildings are found in and around Berlin. ID: 151759

Karl Friedrich Schinkel: An Architecture for Prussia. New York: Rizzoli, 1994. A comprehensive overview of Schinkel’s career and the social, economic, and philosophical contexts in which he operated, and the first broad monograph written in English. Features photographs of Schinkel’s buildings by Erich Lessing.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 - 9 October 1841) was a Prussian artist and architect. He was born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of Brandenburg. He became a student of architect Friedrich Gilly (1772-1800). After returning to Berlin from his first trip to Italy in 1805, he started to earn his living as a painter.

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.

The King of Prussia commissioned Schinkel to construct Neue Wache, the new guardhouse for the Royal Palace. This was Schinkel’s first major architectural commission in Berlin.