Louis Braun (1836 - 1916)

Louis Braun

Louis Braun was a German painter of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known as a painter and teacher and is considered one of the most famous German battle painters.

Louis Braun was a war painter for the Austrian army during the Austro-Prussian-Danish War in 1864, and he created several battle paintings commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. He also accompanied Prussian troops during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, creating paintings on this theme. Brown's panoramic painting "Battle of Sedan" was a great success, for which the artist was awarded the title of professor at the Academy of Munich in 1902.