Brief Biography-Leo von Klenze was born in Schladen, Germany in 1784. He was first an architect, but he painted landscapes and architectural paintings. Klenze studied under Charles Percier, a neoclassical architect in Paris and became the principal architect to Jérôme Bonaparte of Westphalia and Louis I of Bavaria. He worked in England, Italy, Russia, and Greece and submitted plans to restore the Acropolis. Although Klenze designed several notable buildings in Germany, his most outstanding world achievement was the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.