Carl Steffeck (1818 - 1890)

Carl Steffeck

Carl Constantin Heinrich Steffeck was a German painter of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, animalist and portraitist.

Carl Steffeck was particularly famous for his depictions of horses and dogs. He studied art in Berlin, Paris and Italy. Returning to Germany, the artist painted scenes of hunting and animals, sometimes turning to the historical genre. His large historical canvas "Albrecht Achilles in the struggle with Nuremberg for the standard" in 1864 acquired the National Gallery of Berlin. From the 1850s, Steffeck began teaching, earned the title of professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts and became rector of the Königsberg Academy of Arts in 1880.