Ringstrasse Archive - Sketchtraveller

The Museum Of Applied Arts – Again

28.02.19 04.03.19Urban Sketching

Last year February in Vienna was colder than in Antarctica. This year it provided us with some very warm days. It was possible to sketch outside during lunchbreak. Yes, it…

MAK – Inner Courtyard

21.02.19 20.05.20Urban Sketching

I sketched a part of the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) last year using a smaller sketchbook (Stilman & Birn, Beta, A5, hardbound). In the meanwhile I use a bigger…

The Arcaded Courtyard In The University Of Vienna

05.09.18 06.09.18Urban Sketching

After a long period I visited my Alma Mater again. Founded in 1365 the University of Vienna was originally located near the Jesuit church. In 1884 it moved to the…

Viennese Public Conveniences

12.07.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

In Vienna even the public toilets are historic and a national landmark. In the 1880ies Johann Gottlieb Wilhelm Beetz got the idea to make money out of nature’s call. He…

Stadtpark

04.07.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

The Stadtpark (City Park) is another product of the creation of the Vienna Ringstraße. While looking for something to sketch, I found a clock tower. Until then I had no…

Museum of Applied Arts

29.06.18 28.12.19Urban Sketching

Heinrich von Ferstel was fond of the Renaissance. I can’t do anything with Historicism, but even I like the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). The disadvantage of a green city…

Palais Coburg

25.04.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

The Palais Coburg has probably the most expensive view in Austria. Although planed by one of Queen Victoria’s uncle in 1840, it was only his son August Victor Louis of…

Historicism Makes Me Megalomaniac

06.04.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

As the temperatures have risen at a level which allowed open air sketching without becoming frostbite I brought my new sketchbook Stilman & Birn Beta Series A4 to the Ringstraße.…

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