Who painted “Magician and Dragon”?

“Magician and Dragon” was painted by Carl Spitzweg in 1875. Where to see it: Museum Georg Schäfer.

What to look for

Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 – September 23, 1885) was a German romantic painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era. Wikipedia

Test yourself: a round on Carl Spitzweg

More by Carl Spitzweg

“Gnome watching railway train”, 1848
“The intercepted love letter”, 1860s
“The Geologist”, 1860
“Justitia”, 1857
“Newspaper Reader in the Garden”, 1845
“The Old Bachelor”, 1846
“Flying kites”, 1880
“The Minister Tending his Cactuses”, 1855