Franz Karl Wilhelm Domscheit: Lithuanian Expressionist Landscape Painter Pranas Domšaitis (born Franz Karl Wilhelm Domscheit, August 15, 1880 – November 14, 1965) was a Lithuanian Expressionist painter hailing from Lithuania Minor—a region now part of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia—who achieved considerable renown in Germany during his lifetime. His artistic journey began modestly as a farmer before he pursued formal training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he benefited from the patronage of Max Liebermann. This formative experience profoundly shaped his…