The composer's surviving sketchbooks and paintings reveal him to be a prolific and talented artist who strove throughout his life to cultivate his gifts. A three-month journey in 1822 by the Mendelssohn family through the dramatic mountains, lakes and villages of Switzerland inspired the creation of more than forty landscapes, rendered in ink ...

Continuing his work in this medium throughout his life, Felix Mendelssohn produced more than 300 artworks. The Mendelssohn Project anticipates, for the first time anywhere, to bring together the two most vital expressions of Mendelssohn's artistic imagination in several ways.

Nov 27, 2024 · This page provides an overview of drawings and work by Mendelssohn in the Music Division's collections as well as images and iconography of Mendelssohn and his family.

Jul 25, 2013 · Felix Mendelssohn was a beacon in his world, whether as a conductor, composer, scholar, or painter. As a painter, he wallowed in images of man in dialogue with nature: landscapes with buildings or people under trees.

Mendelssohn's artistic imagination was by no means limited to the world of music; from an early age he expressed his ideas in drawings, watercolors, and even oil paintings that reflect a remarkable level of accomplishment and expertise.

Jan 7, 2019 · The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. Mendelssohn Chillon (?) Watercolor.png 1,429 × 704; 2.34 MB.

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Felix Mendelssohn was not only a composer but an accomplished artist. He drew many sketches on his journey through England and Scotland as illustrated.

The Complete Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Compiling the complete works of Mendelssohn is an on-going process. While The Mendelssohn Project believes it has now found all of the lost works, it is obvious that there may be a …

Nov 27, 2024 · Undated. Artist unknown. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection / Mendelssohn Collection. Library of Congress Music Division. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), commonly known as Felix Mendelssohn, was an influential composer, pianist, organist, and conductor in the first half of the 19th century.