Kunstakademie Königsberg

[2] On 10 March 1838 King Frederick William III of Prussia granted the Kleiner Jägerhof palace on Königstraße in eastern Königsberg for this purpose.

[3] Schön suggested the creation of an art academy in the new building to Culture Minister Johann von Eichhorn on 14 May 1841.

[1] Its first students were taught by the architect and art historian Hermann Gemmel and the painter August Behrendsen.

[4] This new Ratshöfer Akademie, designed by architectural professor Friedrich Lahrs, opened in 1916 and was completed in 1919.

[5] Enrollment at the academy declined during World War II as students were conscripted into military service.