Carl Buddeus (1775 - 1864)

Carl Buddeus

Carl Buddeus, full name Carl Friedrich Christian Buddeus, was a German painter, draftsman and engraver.

After studying at the Salzmann School in Schnepfenthal, Carl Buddeus went to Estonia. For several years he worked as a teacher on the island of Osel (now Saarema) and made sketches of local landscapes. Later Buddeus worked as a tutor and illustrator in Russia in St. Petersburg and Pskov. In 1820, two of his booklets with hand-colored lithographs depicting the life and peoples of Russia were published in Leipzig.