Carl Ludwig Brandt

Carl Ludwig Brandt (September 22, 1831 – January 20, 1905) was an artist born near Hamburg who worked mostly in the United States.

Biography Brandt was born near Hamburg in Holstein, Germany on September 22, 1831. His father and grandfather were physicians in Hamburg. His father taught him drawing at the age of seven, and he subsequently studied in the principal galleries of Europe, including the Academy of Art in Copenhagen. He served in the First War of Schleswig (1848–1850), between various German states and Denmark.

He came to the United States in 1852. In 1862 he became a member of the National Academy of Design.

Works Among his works are:

A Dish of Alpine Strawberries The Fortune-Teller (1869) Return from the Alps (1874) Monte Rosa at Sunrise Bay of Naples during Eruption of Vesuvius in 1867 Etna from Taurinino, Sicily Resignation The Golden Treasures of Mexico