---
title: "The sun king"
date: 2015-05-30
last_modified: 2025-02-04T17:00:18+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-15T03:04:30Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/the-sun-king-context-en/"
description: "Occultism and sexual magic: Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern’s pictures are at once dismal, frivolous, and fantastic. During his lifetime, the scandalous author Henry Miller was one of the big fans of this peculiar painter and prophet."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Kuenstlerpropheten_Mag_Foto_Schroeder_Sonnenstern.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# The sun king