Klaus Herdepe

@klausherdepe

Historian, born in Solingen, Germany, Cologne and Dortmund studied, PhD, freelance writer, editor, and proofreader, former secretary of BGV, Interests: History, art, politics, music, cinema, literature, photography, dance & motorsport

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Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· 29d

Guten Appetit! Brombeer-Pfannkuchen 😋 📷 #Klauskocht #photography #food 🍜

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 14

Guten Morgen, ihr Lieben! Wolken am blauen Himmel, Wermelskirchen, 13.07.26 📷 #photography

Wolken am blauen Himmel, Wermelskirchen Rattenburg, 13.07.26

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 13

Guten Morgen! Joseph Highmore, * 13.6.1692 in London; † 3.3.1780 in Canterbury, war ein englischer Porträt- und Historienmaler, Illustrator u. Kunstschriftsteller 🎨 Pamela und Mr. B. im Sommerhaus - aus Samuel Richardsons Roman "Pamela", 1743 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Genre #BskyArt #History #Illustration

Pamela und Mr. B. im Sommerhaus - aus Samuel Richardsons Roman "Pamela", 1743, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 12

Guten Morgen! Eugène Boudin, * 12.7.1824 in Honfleur; † 8.8.1898 in Deauville, war ein französischer Maler 🎨 🇫🇷 Muschelsammler bei Ebbe, Berck, 1886 🖼️ Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena 🏛️ #OTD #ArtHistory #LandscapePainting #Impressionism #History #BskyArt

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 11

Guten Morgen! Andrus Johani (1906–1941) 🎨🇪🇪 Porträt von Luise Sider mit Katze, 1936 🖼️ 😸 #Caturday #ArtHistory #PeopleWithCats #History

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 10

Guten Morgen! Moïse Kisling (1891–1953) 🎨 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 Nelkenstrauß in einer braunen Vase, 1948 🖼️ #FlowerFriday #ArtHistory #Stilllife #BskyArt #History

altrosa Nelkenstrauß in einer braunen Vase auf einem schwarzen Schemel vor gelb braun getüpfeltem Hintergrund, 1948

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 9

The Inland Surge 🖼️ A wall of water turns the familiar shoreline into a landscape of chaos. TFTT @a5roseb.bsky.social 👍🏻 @feria.eurosky.social 😉 #LakeMichigan #Meteotsunami #ExtremeWeather #DisasterArt #AIart #AIchallenge #QP #aiartcommunity #PromptShare #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #AiPencil

A dramatic monochromatic disaster scene shows enormous waves surging along a devastated urban shoreline. In the foreground, dark, turbulent water crashes violently against a long wooden barrier extending diagonally into the distance. Foaming waves rise and fold over one another, filling the right side of the image with restless motion. On the left, several wrecked and abandoned cars sit along a flooded roadway, their damaged bodies dark against the pale spray and mist. Bare trees and leaning streetlights emerge faintly through the haze. Blocky city buildings loom in the distant background, partially obscured by heavy fog and airborne water. Above everything, a massive rotating storm formation dominates the sky, its dark clouds curling downward toward the water like an enormous atmospheric vortex. The limited gray and black palette, deep shadows, violent water, and nearly erased horizon create an overwhelming sense of scale, destruction, and isolation.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 9

Guten Morgen! Paolo Anesi, * 9.7.1697 in Rom; † 1773 ebd., war ein italienischer Landschaftsmaler des Barock und Rokoko 🎨 🇮🇹 Blick auf Ariccia, 1760/65 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #LandscapePainting #History #Museum #BskyArt

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 8

Guten Morgen! Friedrich Kaulbach, * 8.7.1822 in Arolsen; 5.9.1903 in Hannover, war ein deutscher Maler 🎨 Porträt der deutsch-amerikanischen Bildhauerin Elisabet Ney (1833–1907) mit einer Büste von König Georg V. von Hannover, 1860 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #BskyArt #PortraitPainting #History

Porträt der deutsch-amerikanischen Bildhauerin Elisabet Ney (1833–1907) mit einer Büste von König Georg V. von Hannover, 1860

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 7

Guten Morgen! Félicien Rops, * 7.7.1833 in Namur; † 23.8.1898 in Essonnes, heute Corbeil-Essonnes, war ein belgischer Maler 🎨 🇧🇪 Ufer der Seine, ca. 1878 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #LandscapePainting #Impressionism #History #BskyArt

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 6

Guten Morgen! Frida Kahlo, * 6.7.1907 in Coyoacán, Mexiko-Stadt; † 13. Juli 1954 ebd., war eine mexikanische Malerin 🎨 🇲🇽 Autorretrato con Changuito, Frida, 1945 🖼️ Museo Dolores Olmedo 🏛️ #OTD #ArtHistory #PortraitPainting #BskyArt #History #Museum

Selbstporträt mit Affe, Frida, Dolores Olmedo Museum

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 5

Dedicated to my Austrian followers 😉 TFTT @imaginarypix.bsky.social #AiArt #Advertising #Promptshare #QP #1950s #enamel

50s enamel sign of One cheerful pretty woman in a bright red dirndl on top of an alpine mountain, playing accordion, one goats, award winning photo, one Advertising text in yellow: "Visit Austria!" at the bottom of the image , anatomical correct, complete limbs, highly detailed, 8k, 50s advert enamel sign, masterpiece, authentic vintage enamel sign

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 5

Summer Red - The Red Hanbok ❤️☀️🎨 TFTT @aistudio.bsky.social @novakynth.bsky.social @clarak222.bsky.social @cindyfcreations.bsky.social @cyberpopdreams.bsky.social @imaginarypix.bsky.social @eightbuff.com @feria.eurosky.social #QP #Korea #aiart #romantic #promptshare #July #AiArtCommunity

a breathtakingly ethereal young Korean woman standing amidst a sea of shimmering, waist-high silver grass and wild cosmos in a lush July meadow, her presence radiating a serene, timeless grace. She is adorned in a magnificent, contemporary interpretation of a red hanbok, where the deep crimson silk of the chima (skirt) billows softly around her ankles, contrasting sharply against the vibrant, sun-drenched emerald greens of the summer landscape. Over her shoulder, she holds a traditional oil-paper parasol—a delicate, pale cream sun umbrella—which casts a soft, flattering glow across her porcelain skin and emphasizes the gentle, thoughtful expression in her dark, almond-shaped eyes. The composition is captured during the "golden hour," with honeyed sunlight filtering through the translucent paper of the umbrella and illuminating the floating pollen and tiny insects dancing in the warm, humid air. Every detail is rendered with hyper-realistic precision, from the intricate gold embroidery dancing along the neckline of her jeogori to the dew-kissed petals of the wildflowers brushing against her hem, creating a scene that feels like a vivid, romantic dream suspended in time., sharp focus, depth of field, 8k photo, HDR, professional lighting, taken with Canon EOS R5, DSLR, 75mm lens

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 5

Guten Morgen! Paris Bordone, * 5.7.1500 in Treviso; † 19.1.1570 more veneto, also 1571, in Venedig, war ein venezianischer Maler 🎨 Doppelporträt einer Venezianerin und ihres Kavaliers, 1560 🖼️ Nivaagaard Museum, Dänemark 🏛️ #ArtHistory #Portrait #History #BskyArt #Museum #Mannerism

Doppelporträt einer Venezianerin und ihres Kavaliers, 1560

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 4

Guten Morgen! Zoltan Kluger (1896–1977) 📷 Kleines Mädchen mit schwarzer Katze, 1942 🖼️😸 #Caturday #ArtHistory #Portrait #photography #History

Kleines blondes Mädchen mit schwarzer Katze auf dem Boden sitzend, 1942

Hebräisch: Sammlung von Fotografien des Fotografen Zoltan Kluger, Negativnummernbereich 18570 - 18625: Royal Army Service Corps

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 3

#QP B&W Vogue Skeptical Bavarian beauty in a dirndl at a market, 19th century 🖼️ TFTT @aistudio.bsky.social @imaginarypix.bsky.social @eightbuff.com #aiart #sexy #ThrowbackThursday #aiphotography #BlackAndWhite

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 3

Guten Morgen! Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) 🎨 Drei Sonnenblumen in einer grünen Vase, Arles 1888 🖼️🌻 #FlowerFriday #ArtHistory #Stilllife #Impressionism #sunflowers #History

Dies sind die geheimnisvollen, sogenannten „Lausanne“-Sonnenblumen. Sie wurden 1996 von einem unbekannten Privatsammler von einem New Yorker Händler für eine nicht genannte Summe erworben.
Zuletzt wurde es 1948 ausgestellt, als es einen Monat lang im Cleveland Museum of Art zu sehen war. Zuvor war es dreimal für insgesamt nur sechs Wochen in Paris ausgestellt worden. Seit der Ausstellung von 1948 ist es mehrmals in die Öffentlichkeit gereist. Seit der Ausstellung von 1948 sind seine Verbleibswege geheimnisumwoben, und nur wenige Menschen haben es in den letzten Jahren gesehen. Das Gemälde soll sich in einem ausgezeichneten Zustand befinden.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 2

Animal Hybrid • The Cheagle 🖼️ Create an animal Hybrid. Combine two or more species in a unique way 2 week Ai Challenge • Day 9 (I'm behind! 😅) TFFT @cyberpopdreams.bsky.social #AiArt #QP #AiChallenge #AiPromptShare #SynthArt #AiFantasy

animal hybrid between an chimp and an eagle with spread wings and the head of an chimp, d&d, fantasy, highly detailed, digital painting, artstation, sharp focus, fantasy art, illustration, 8k, in the style of greg rutkowski. It's an absolute world-class masterpiece artwork. It's an aesthetically pleasing artwork with impeccable attention to detail and impressive composition.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 2

Guten Morgen! Konstantin Jegorowitsch Makowski * 2.7.1839 in Moskau; † 30.9.1915 in Petrograd, war ein russischer Maler 🎨 Die Wahrsagerin, 1884 🖼️ Alexandrov Kremlin Museum 🏛️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Genre #BskyArt #Museum #History

eine Wahrsagerin des fahrenden Volkes liest einer von drei reich gekleideten Bäuerinnen an einem Vorhallen-Alkoven im Eingangsbereich die Zukunft aus der hergehaltenen Hand auf dem Rücken trägt sie ein Kleinkind ein weiteres schon im Jugendalter befindlichen Kindes sitzt auf dem Boden, während ein Kind der Bäuerin ihnen dabei zuschaut

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 1

#QP Wolf Fairytale 🐺🖼️ TFTT @aistudio.bsky.social 👍🏻 #aiart #WolfWednesday #WolfAndHim #ConceptSketchStyle #Promptshare #charcoal

black and white technical drawing showcasing a one tame wolf and "one 19th-century Franco-Canadian trapper wearing a hat" pause at a watering hole in a forest clearing, Indian summer, annotation details, world-class masterpiece black and white, pencil strokes, annotated technical concept art sketch, pencil texture.

Overall, it's a charmingly aesthetic and well-composed concept sketch.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jul 1

Guten Morgen! Robert Beyschlag, * 1.7.1838 in Nördlingen; † 5.12.1903 in München, war ein deutscher Genremaler und Vertreter der Münchner Schule 🎨 🇩🇪 Ein stiller Moment 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Genre #History #BskyArt

eine junge feldarbeiterin sitzt gebeugt und mit dem Gesicht zu den Knien gebeugt im mit der am Boden vor ihr liegenden Sense im gemähten Gras einer weiten Wiesenlandschaft bei Sonnenuntergang. Rechts hat sie einen Stein mit einem Kreuz freigelegt.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 30

Guten Morgen! Laurenz Janscha, * 30.6.1749 in Bresnitz/Breznica bei Radmannsdorf in der Oberkrain; † 1.4.1812 in Wien, war ein österreichisch-slowenischer Landschaftsmaler, Vedutenzeichner und Radierer 🎨 Andernach, Ansicht von Nordwesten mit Hafen und Rundem Turm 1798 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #History

Andernach, Ansicht von Nordwesten mit Hafen und Rundem Turm; Kupferstich, aquarelliert, aus: »Fünfzig malerische Ansichten Rhein-Stroms von Speyer bis Düsseldorf«, erschienen bei Artaria in Wien 1798; nach Aquarellen von Laurenz Janscha, die im Sommer 1792 entstanden

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 29

The Bobby 🖼️ GOTHIC CLAYMATION PUPPET STYLE Create a character or scene in a gothic claymation / plasticine puppet style. TFTT @cyberpopdreams.bsky.social #AI2WeekChallenge #aiart #AIイラスト #AIGen #synthart #Promptshare #AIArtistCommunity #QP

gothic claymation / plasticine puppet style of a british bobby walking through London Street, 1890s, dawn, dutch angle

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 29

#SoftJuneAI2026 - Selfie Soft Smile 🖼️ A genuine smile, soft evening light, and a moment that feels effortlessly real. TFTT @a5roseb.bsky.social #Portrait #NaturalLight #Smile #EverydayBeauty #AIart #AIchallenge #aiartcommunity #PromptShare #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #QP

A close-up portrait captures a smiling young woman outdoors during golden hour. She leans slightly toward the camera as though taking a casual selfie, creating an intimate perspective that fills most of the frame with her face. Loose ginger hair frames her features, with a few windblown strands lifting above her head and curling naturally around her cheeks. Her expression is warm and relaxed, with gentle crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, faint freckles across her nose and cheeks, and subtle dimples forming as she smiles. She wears a simple green long-sleeved shirt with no visible accessories, allowing the focus to remain entirely on her expression. The background is softly blurred with shallow depth of field, suggesting an outdoor street or café setting where indistinct buildings and people fade into creamy bokeh. Warm natural light illuminates her face evenly, producing soft highlights in her eyes and natural skin tones while preserving fine facial texture. The overall mood is candid, approachable, and quietly joyful, emphasizing authentic human connection over posed perfection.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 29

Guten Morgen! Anton Raphael Mengs, * 12.3.1728 in Aussig, Böhmen; † 29.6.1779 in Rom, war ein böhmischer Maler des Klassizismus 🎨 Isabel Parreño Arce Ruiz de Alarcón y Valdes, Marquesa de Llano, 1771/2 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Portrait #History #BskyArt

Porträt von Isabel María Parreño Arce y Valdés (1759–1822) im Alter von zwölfeinhalb Jahren, fälschlicherweise mit der Infantin Mariana Victoria von Portugal (1768–1788) identifiziert.

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 28

#QP Mystic Nun #aiart #Nunday #Promptshare TFTT 👋🏻

$cursed photo of a striking, narrow-faced nun in her mid-30s, her expression a complex tapestry of pious terror and intellectual curiosity. She possesses a sharp, aristocratic aquiline nose and a disciplined jawline, her short, ink-black hair escaping the edges of a heavy, coarse wool wimple. She stands amidst the lush, damp greenery of a medieval cloister herb garden, where bundles of drying sage and rosemary hang from weathered wooden trellises. The lighting is an oppressive, moody chiaroscuro, with shafts of pale, filtered sunlight cutting through a heavy mist to illuminate the silver-green leaves of a dense holly bush. Nested within the jagged, prickly foliage of the bush, a spectral apparition manifests—not as a cliché ghost, but as a shimmering, iridescent fracture in reality, a translucent entity of woven light and gold filaments that seems to vibrate against the physical world. The nun is frozen in a candid moment of discovery, one hand clutching a rusted pruning shear, her dark eyes wide and reflecting the golden glow of the supernatural entity, while the cold, grey stone of the monastery walls looms in the background, grounding the ethereal miracle in a world of austerity and grit., creepy and cursed, absolutely cursed photo, nope nope nope nope, what the actual f, unsettling photo, cursed_thing, cursedimages, no context, cursed image, bad photo, weird photo, very strange, color photo, creepy photo, nightmare fuel$

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 28

50 years happily married 🖼️ #QP #White or #Black #aiart #JuneSummerVibes2026 #aigirls #aiwoman #Promptshare TFTT @aistudio.bsky.social @cindyfcreations.bsky.social @imaginarypix.bsky.social @realismcreations.bsky.social @feria.eurosky.social @cyberdreamsnight.bsky.social @glasskite.bsky.social

a devastatingly poignant split-screen composition, divided by a razor-sharp vertical line that separates two ends of a single lifetime. On the left, captured in the golden, overexposed glow of a hopeful spring morning, is the woman in her mid-twenties; she is a portrait of wide-eyed innocence and luck, radiating beauty in a shimmering white bridal satin dress that catches the light, her small hands clutching a lush, vibrant bouquet of dew-kissed pink roses. On the right, mirroring her posture but drenched in the muted, melancholic tones of a winter dusk, is the same woman in her mid-70s; she is now a figure of dignified grief, clad in a sharp, structured black mourning suit and a wide-brimmed black hat that casts a soft shadow over her weathered, yet still strikingly beautiful features. She stands before a weathered granite headstone, her aged fingers trembling slightly as she lays the same variety of pink roses—now wilted and deepening in hue—upon the cold earth of her husband's grave. The visual symmetry is haunting: the same tilt of the head, the same soulful gaze, and the same flowers, bridging the gap between the ecstatic dawn of a marriage and the silent solitude of its end., sharp focus, depth of field, 8k photo, HDR, professional lighting, taken with Canon EOS R5, DSLR, 75mm lens

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 28

Guten Morgen! Bartolomeo Passarotti, * 28.6.1529 in Bologna; † 3.6.1592 in Rom, war ein italienischer Maler und Radierer der Renaissance 🎨 🇮🇹 Der Stand des Fischverkäufers, um 1580 🖼️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Genre #Portrait #BskyArt #History #Museum

Der Stand des alten Fischverkäufers und einer Frau, vermutlich eine Kundin

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 27

Cookie's Cousin Crissy in the Library 🖼️ Homage to @realismcreations.bsky.social TFTT #AiArt #PromptShare #QP #AiArtCommunity #Cookie

a striking, slender goblin woman in her early 20s who embodies a perfect blend of arcane heritage and modern academic chic, standing amidst the towering, mahogany-shelved labyrinths of an ancient, dust-mote dancing library. Her elegant oval face is framed by a luxurious, shimmering cascade of chestnut long hair that spills over the shoulders of her cozy, oversized orange and white striped cardigan, the knit fabric contrasting beautifully with the sharp, professional silhouette of her high-waisted black pencil skirt. Perched on her slender bridge is a pair of chic, gold-rimmed glasses that draw attention to her keen, intelligent eyes, while her playful spirit peaks through in the choice of bold, black ankle boots that pop against the dark, worn parquet floor. She is captured in a candid moment of studious grace, clutching a stack of leather-bound, weathered grimoires to her chest, her long, tapered fingers gripping the parchment edges as she glances toward the camera with a knowing, enigmatic smile that suggests she has just discovered a secret the rest of the world has forgotten. realistic anatomy, complete limbs

Klaus Herdepe@klausherdepe· Jun 27

Johann Baptist Seele, * 27.6.1774 in Meßkirch; † 27.8.1814 in Stuttgart, war ein deutscher Maler 🎨 🇩🇪 Porträt von Prinzessin Marie von Baden (1782–1808), Ehefrau von Friedrich Wilhelm, Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815) 1801 🖼️ Badisches Landesmuseum 🏛️ #OTD #ArtHistory #Portrait #History