Cornelius Suhr (1781 - 1857)

Cornelius Suhr

Cornelius Suhr was a German painter, lithographer and publisher.

Cornelius is a member of the Suhr family of painters from Hamburg, the younger brother of Christoffer Suhr (1771-1842) and the older brother of Peter Suhr (1788-1857).

After 1805, he and his older brother Christoffer began painting panoramic views of their hometown in gouache, creating landscape paintings from all over Hamburg. Cornelius was also responsible for their distribution. Later, Peter Suhr joined the family business, forming a general lithographic company that also printed books and playing cards. Together they produced several hundred lithographs, engravings and etchings.