Karl (Carl) Schorn (16 October 1803,

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

– 7 October 1850,

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

) was a German painter and chess master. He was a member of the

Berlin Pleiades The Berlin Pleiades was a group of seven masters of German chess in the 19th century. They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades. The members of the Berlin Pleiades were: * Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Army Lieutenant and author of the ...

(the seven stars of German chess) in the first half of the 19th century.

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1803 births 1850 deaths German chess players 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Artists from Düsseldorf People from the Rhine Province 19th-century chess players {{Germany-painter-stub