Carl Breitbach

Three Women in the Park

Carl Breitbach (1833–1904) was a German painter.

Biography

He was born in Berlin, and was a pupil of the Prussian Academy of Arts in that city, and of Thomas Couture in Paris. He settled in Berlin, where he devoted himself to landscape, genre, and portrait painting.

Works

The following are among his principal works:

• "Mill of Saint-Ouen, near Paris"
• "Park of Trianon"
• "Autumn Evening in the Weser Valley"
• "Sunrise in the Bavarian Highlands"
• "Kirmess-Joy"
• "Kirmess-Woe"
• "At the Fortune Teller's"
• "In the Village Tavern"

He did portraits of Intendant General von Hülsen, the painter Theodor Weber, the writer Theodor Fontane and others.

See also

• List of German painters

Notes

References

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•  Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Breitbach, Karl". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.