Skizzenbuch 1846

drawing, mixed-media, coloured-pencil, watercolor, ink

drawing

mixed-media

coloured-pencil

water colours

watercolor

ink

coloured pencil

mixed media

"Skizzenbuch" is a sketchbook created by Karl Peter Burnitz in 1846. It is currently on display at the Städel Museum. The sketchbook is a blank, aged paper, bound in black and brown leather and may contain preliminary sketches or studies by the artist, providing insight into his artistic process. It is a valuable artifact for art historians and enthusiasts, offering a glimpse into the creative mind of a 19th-century artist.

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The 22-year-old Peter Burnitz took this landscape sketchbook with him on a journey through Switzerland in 1846 which, during his time as a law student, led him from Heidelberg via the canton of Basel-Landschaft to the western Three-Lakes Region and the canton of Bern and then to central Switzerland. On this route, Burnitz drew almost exclusively mountain landscapes with huts, castles or villages in pencil. He also captured views of Lakes Biel, Thun, Lucerne and Zug, as well as the buildings on their shores and the mountains rising behind them. Only occasionally did he study trees removed from the landscape context or close-ups of terrain and rock sections. Burnitz sometimes shaded the outlines of the drawings, some of which were quickly drawn, while others were more elaborate, with dense pencil hatching or coloured them with a brush in subtle shades of blue and grey.For a full sketchbook description, please see “Research”.