Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks
Print
1810 (printed)
1810 (printed)
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Lithography is a printing technique that depends on the fact that grease and water do not mix. The design is drawn on to the printing surface and the areas to be printed are covered with grease while the blank ones are moistened with water. When greasy ink is applied to the printing surface it clings to the greasy areas, but not to the wet ones. The inked printing surface is then pressed on to the paper to transfer the image.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel was an architect and designer. He was one of the first German artists to experiment with the new technique of lithography.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel was an architect and designer. He was one of the first German artists to experiment with the new technique of lithography.
Object details
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| Title | Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen lithograph on China paper |
| Brief description | Print by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 'Gothic Church behind a Grove of Oaks', pen lithograph, 1810 |
| Physical description | A pen lithograph of a Gothic church partly hidden behind a grove of oak trees. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and lettered 'Versuch, die lieliche sehnsuchtsvolle Wehmuth auszudrucken welch das Herz beim Klange des Gottesdienstes aus der Kirche herschallend erfullt, auf stein gezeichnet von Schinkel.' Translation 'Try to express the yearning beauty of the melancholy which fills the heart as the sound of worship ring out from the church, drawn on stone by Schinkel.' |
| Credit line | Purchased with assistance from The Art Fund |
| Object history | Between 1810 and 1821 Schinkel made sixteen lithographs, including the first ever made at the Institute of Lithography in Berlin. Only 11 impressions of this image are known. They are on a variety of papers. The appendix to the catalogue of the exhibition at the Berlin Academy, Autumn 1810, records 'various essays in lithography'. A review in the Berliner Abendblatter 13 November 1810 mentions among Schinkel's works 'a drawing on stone, showing an old church partly behind trees.' |
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| Summary | Lithography is a printing technique that depends on the fact that grease and water do not mix. The design is drawn on to the printing surface and the areas to be printed are covered with grease while the blank ones are moistened with water. When greasy ink is applied to the printing surface it clings to the greasy areas, but not to the wet ones. The inked printing surface is then pressed on to the paper to transfer the image. Karl Friedrich Schinkel was an architect and designer. He was one of the first German artists to experiment with the new technique of lithography. |
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| Accession number | E.803-1997 |
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| Record created | November 15, 2002 |
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