Franz Herpel (1850 - 1933)

Franz Herpel

Franz Carl Herpel was a German painter of the last quarter of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries. He is known as a marine painter.

Herpel was born in Voronezh in the Russian Empire and returned to Germany with his family. He graduated from the Königsberg Academy of Arts and his works were regularly exhibited in Munich, Hanover, Dresden and other German cities. At the end of the XIX century the artist was invited to Turkey and worked in Constantinople, fulfilling the orders of the Turkish sultan. He was an active member of the German Yacht Club and traveled extensively on his personal yacht, which was reflected in his nautical works.