Blue Skies Above Baden

The Graphic Collection of Freiburg's Augustinermuseum currently presents gouaches and watercolors by Johann Martin Morat, painted around 1820 in Baden and Switzerland.

Initially, Red Baron had no intention of visiting the exhibition until Professor Jörg Stadelbauer of the Alemannisches Institut offered an Exkursion in das Bild, Freiburg aus der Ferne, i.e., an excursion into paintings showing Freiburg from a distance. In his talk, Professor Stadelbauer began with a photo from 1920 and then traced the history.

Here is a photo of Freiburg at a distance from 1920
with the Schönberg in the background.

Here is the same motif painted by Karl Hauptmann in 1910.

A wood engraving of 1887.

Another famous painter from Freiburg, Emil Lugo, did not finish his 1859 sketch.

Another engraving by Rudolf Follenweider around 1820.

Here is the line of sight that all the pictures have in common
drawn onto a topographical map of 1883.

Michael Sauter painted how he imagined Freiburg may have looked
from a distance during the French siege of 1713.
On the right is the Lorettoberg and its chapel.

Here is Johann Martin Morat's first painting, showing vineyards in the foreground.

The same motif shows an entirely different foreground.

About this view, the lecturer and his audience entered into a lively discussion:

Where and what is this house
that Johann Martin Morat had so prominently placed in the foreground?

Today's view of the Minster church and the Schönberg

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