Rudolph Suhrlandt (1781 - 1862)

Rudolph Suhrlandt

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt was a German painter of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, portraitist and lithographer.

Rudolph Suhrlandt began his career as an adherent of classicism. He twice won art competitions at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and became known for his portraits of Russian and Polish aristocrats. In 1808 he traveled to Rome and joined the Guild of St. Luke. Returning to Mecklenburg in 1816, Suhrlandt became a court painter and in 1817 was promoted to professor of painting.