July 09, 2020

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

[095/365] Day 95 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Day three of my photo trip to Berlin. Today I visited the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. After the news…

by chrisrenk

July 08, 2020

The Berlin TV Tower

[094/365] Day 94 of my 365 Photo Challenge. My second day in Berlin. Also today I went on the tourist tour to photograph landmarks of the city during the day.…

by chrisrenk

July 07, 2020

Brandenburg Gate

[093/365] Day 93 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Corona Virus makes it possible. Although in the middle of the day at primary tourist time, a deserted Brandenburg…

by chrisrenk

July 06, 2020

Domed Ceiling

[092/365] Day 92 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Today I visited Berlin, the capital of Germany. The arrival was by train, which took 5 hours. Immediately after I…

by chrisrenk

March 24, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Last…

The very last post about Berlin and last stop in the Alte Nationalgalerie. Touring around the city lasted only a week for me, but taking you on that tour via…

by bjornroose

March 23, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Paul…

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim, born in Berlin on 13 July 1842, was a painter of portraits and landscapes, but is best known as a painter of animals. So, the very…

by bjornroose

March 22, 2020

funnel

by hjgphoto

March 21, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Artur…

Art(h)ur Volkmann was a German painter and sculptor, although for 30 years he lived in Rome, where he frequented the cycles of painter and mystic Hans von…

by bjornroose

March 20, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Franz…

Franz von Stuck was heavily inspired by Arnold Böcklin (see here). Since I like his paintings very much, it is not strange I liked this one by von Stuck too.…

by bjornroose

March 19, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Max…

Max Klinger (1857-1920) was a German symbolist painter, sculptor, printmaker and writer. The title of the painting, Spaziergänger (Der Überfall), meaning…

by bjornroose

March 18, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Claude…

Well, I won't bother introducing Claude Monet (if an introduction is needed, you'll find it here), we'll just go to a painting of him in the Alte…

by bjornroose

March 17, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie -…

According to Wikipedia Giovanni Segantini was an Italian painter and one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century. However, he was of…

by bjornroose

March 16, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie -…

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the so called Biedermeier period and, as Wikipedia says, "being an advocate of…

by bjornroose

March 14, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Osman…

Can't say that Osman Hamdi Bey is a "typical" painter for the Alte Nationalgalerie (you can read all about him here), but this painting - Persicher…

by bjornroose

March 13, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Franz…

I shouldn't need to introduce the subject of this painting, Otto von Bismarck, but if necessary you can read about the first German Kanzler here. The painter,…

by bjornroose

March 12, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Caspar…

Caspar David Friedrich, a 19th century romantic landscape painter is generally considered the most important German artist of his generation (and tourists still…

by bjornroose

March 11, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Arthur…

Arthur Kampf, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, was a German history painter and ... teacher of prince August Wilhelm, son of Wilhelm II, the…

by bjornroose

March 10, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Anton…

Anton Alexander von Werner is mostly known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Prussian Kingdom (or with the Kingdom…

by bjornroose

March 09, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie - Karl…

No article on the English Wikipedia about Karl Cauer (although he is mentioned in the article about one of his sons, Ludwig), but there is one on the German…

by bjornroose

March 07, 2020

Berlin (Deutschland/Germany) - Alte Nationalgalerie -…

Christian Gottlieb Schick, a neoclassical artist, painted history, landscapes and portraits, but is best known for the latter. In 1797-1798 he studied under the…

by bjornroose