schinkel

1808

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May     Death of David Gilly in Berlin.     Schinkel establishes friendly association with the Gropius family. He joins their household at Breite Strasse 22 and continues his activities as a painter.

August-December     Schinkel designs and executes a large panorama of Palermo and vicinity.     Permission from Friedrich Wilhelm III, residing in exile at Königsberg, to exhibit this work in the Königliche Schloss in Berlin is denied.

1 October     Death of Carl G. Langhans at Grüneiche, near Breslau.

December     Christmas exhibition in Berlin sponsored by Gropius. A special wooden shelter is built near the St. Hedwigs Kirche for the exhibition of Schinkel's Panorama von Palermo. Original lost; a small copy in the form of a copper engraving done by Schinkel in 1816 is the only record of this work; later copies, including one executed in St. Petersburg in 1844, also lost.

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