RICHTER, Adrian Ludwig
(b. 1803, Dresden, d. 1884, Dresden)

The Fuschlsee with the Schafberg Mountain in the Salzkammergut

1823
Watercolour, pen and brown ink, pencil, 183 x 240 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Richter transformed Koch's monumental landscapes into amore human environment and one that aimed at harmoniously securing a unity of Man and Nature. This early watercolour anticipates the Biedermeier idylls which were to colour his later works.