Gustav Schonleber was born in 1851 in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. He is best known for landscape and seascape paintings. In 1900, Gustav Schönleber noted in his handwritten biography: "1896. A journey for the first time to the south of Italy, Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi, with no desire for repetition; I just painted a picture, a Castell by Amalfi "- but what a painting, you want to exclaim! Schönleber, who is rightly proclaimed to be close to Impressionism, stages various strands of tradition on his magnificent painting "Amalfi Castle" to create an overwhelming scenario of the forces of nature. In the gloom of the passing day and swept by the sea, the abandoned castle stands on a ledge, behind which the light of the setting sun br...