Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designs furniture and stage sets
1781 CE to 1841 CE
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) is a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designs furniture and stage sets.
Schinkel is one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designs both neoclassical and Neo-Gothic buildings.
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel, as head of the Prussian Building Commission, is the most prominent architect of neoclassicism in Prussia.
He has modeled the Royal Museum (now the Altes, or Old, Museum), built between 1825 and 1828 to house the Prussian Royal family's art collection, after the Greek Stoa in Athens.
The Berlin School of Architecture, led by Schinkel, employs iron frame structures and anticipates modern forms.