Brief Biography-Philipp Otto Runge was born in Wolgast, Germany, in 1777. He studied under Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard and Jens Juel in Copenhagen. William Blake influenced some of his work. In Dresden, he associated with Caspar David Friedrich, and in Weimar, he hypothesised with Goethe regarding his colour theory. Runge is famed for his series, the Times of Day, depicting morning, day, and night, the four seasons and birth, midlife, ageing and death. His later portraits and mystical landscapes were highly successful. Runge died of tuberculosis aged thirty-three