{{Short description|German painter and chess master (1803–1850)}} {{Expand German|date=May 2024|topic=bio}} [[Image:Karl Schorn - Kartenspieler.jpg|thumb|250px|Karl Schorn: ''Kartenspieler'' (1837). Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin]] '''Karl (Carl) Schorn''' (16 October 1803, Düsseldorf – 7 October 1850, Munich) was a German painter and chess master.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesmag/kunst/_id142974-/news_detail.html?_q=%20 |title=Carl Schorn München Neue Kunst-Magazin News Berichte<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053546/http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesmag/kunst/_id142974-/news_detail.html?_q=%20 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://muenchen.bayern-online.de/magazin/kultur/kunst/artikelansicht/die-sintflut/ |title=Die Sintflut: Die Sintflut<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206052001/http://muenchen.bayern-online.de/magazin/kultur/kunst/artikelansicht/die-sintflut/ |archive-date=2010-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldandsold.com/articles36/painters-19.shtml |title=German Painting |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816175230/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles36/painters-19.shtml |archive-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was a member of the Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess) in the first half of the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.logicalchess.com/info/trivia/b.html |title=Chess Trivia<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509073210/http://www.logicalchess.com/info/trivia/b.html |archive-date=2008-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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