Carl Georg Adolph Hasenpflug (German, 1802 to 1858)
Working in the Romantic style, Hasenpflug painted architectural views, often of German cathedrals or ruins during winter. Born to a Berlin shoemaker, Hasenpflug studied with Carl William Gropius and attended the Berlin Academy. He grew very popular during his lifetime for his evocative and highly detailed works and, along with Eduard Gaertner, Johann Erdmann Hummel, and Johann Heinrich Hintze. He is recognized as one of the leading German architectural painters of his time.
Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc., March 2007.