I'm a big fan of
Giorgio de Chirico's
Metaphysical Town Square series of paintings from the 1910s. Mostly uninhabited architectural spaces with long deep shadows and much emphasized perspectives, they are full of haunting isolation and melancholy.
De Chirico at
K20, Düsseldorf 2012:
Glimpses of townscapes that remind me of de Chirico ...
Outside
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin 2012:
Outside Starbucks near
Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Düsseldorf 2012:
Outside
Kai 10, Düsseldorf 2009: