Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine ... musician and gifted painter. Both Felix and his sister Fanny proved to be exceptionally talented, studying piano, violin, languages and drawing from an early ...

Sebastian Hensel (1830–98), nephew of the composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), originally intended this work to be 'not only of the family but for the family', drawing ...