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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.

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 (b. Neuruppin, 1781–d. Berlin, 1841) was a celebrated Prussian architect, theatre set designer, artist, furniture and object designer, urban planner, and civil servant.

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.

After several strokes and a year of ailments and afflictions, Karl Friedrich Schinkel died on 9 th October 1841. He was buried on 12 October at the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery on the Chausseestraße. His final resting place, and also designed by him, is now a grave of honor of the State of Berlin.

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.

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 and Berlin Cast Iron, 1810–1841 Ursula Ilse-Neuman Originally published in Cast Iron From the Central Europe, 1800–1850 , edited by Elisabeth Schmuttermeier and Derek E.Ostergard.