Architektur | Daily Paintings Christa Friedl

San Leolino-Monastery

Wonderful memories of a vacation in Italy in the Chianti Region. In the Morning and evening I could hear the monks singing from my hotel nearby.

Locked Door

Love to paint old doors, because they have a special charme like this one

Castle Belvedere

Castle Belvedere, view from the side at a magical light situation

„Steffl“ – Vienna

Steffl Vienna, watercolor, 56×38 cm

Blick von der Oper, Kärntnerstraße Richtung Stephansdom

View from the Vienna opera towards St. Stephan´s Cathedral

Uniqa Tower at night, Vienna

Uniqa Tower at night, watercolor 11×8 inches

Uniqa Tower at night, Vienna

Normally I do not like to paint modern buildings, because there is no charming mood or history. But I am thinking with this perspective of the bridge I have caught a good design.

Uniqa Tower spätabends. Normalerweise male ich nicht gerne moderne Gebäude, da den Bauten ein gewisser Charme und die Geschichte fehlt, doch mit der Perspektive der Brücke stimmt für mich das Bilddesign.

Votivkirche

Votivkirche Vienna, watercolor, 12×8 inches

Rathaus Arkaden mit Blickrichtung auf die Votivkirche, Reichsrathstraße, Aqaurell auf handgeschöfptem Papier von Lorenzo Santoni

Arcades Cityhall Vienna, view towards the „Votivkirche“, watercolor on handmade paper of Lorenzo Santoni

some history

The Votivkirche (English: Votive Church) is a neo-Gothic church located on the Ringstraße in Vienna, Austria. Following the attempted assassination of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853, the Emperor’s brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian inaugurated a campaign to create a church to thank God for saving the Emperor’s life. Funds for construction were solicited from throughout the Empire. The church was dedicated in 1879 on the silver anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Empress Elisabeth.

Lugeck

Lugeck Wien, 30×20 cm

Das Lugeck ist ein kleiner Platz im 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt.

In der Platzmitte befand sich einst das sagenumwobene Marcus-Curtius-Loch, ein kreisrunde Eintiefung ungeklärter Funktion, die der Legende nach auf den Guss der ersten Pummerin zurückgeht. Seit 1900 steht hier das Denkmal für Johannes Gutenberg

The Lugeck is a small square in the 1st district of Vienna Inner City.

In the middle of the square was once the legendary Marcus Curtius hole, a circular hole of unexplained function, which goes back to the legend of the first Pummerin ( the clock of St. Stephan´s Cathedral). Since 1900 stands there the monument of Johannes Gutenberg.