BRENNER, Carl C. (1838-1888)

Born, Bavaria, Germany; studied in Germany with Philip Frolig, a minor German Romantic practitioner; as with many other craftsmen, displaced by the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany and emigrated to New Orleans in 1853 where there was a strong German presence in the arts community; moved up-river to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1854 where he remained for the rest of his life; known to have made a trip to California in the early 1870s to sketch western scenes and gives evidence of an association with the American landscape artist Albert Bierstadt; exhibited at the Louisville Industrial Exposition, 1873, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876, the National Academy of Design in New York, 1878-1886, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1881-1885; after 1878 became increasingly known for his landscapes in the tonalist mood; died, Louisville. A dissertation on Brenner is currently being undertaken by Gordon Moffett of Louisville. Angel Falls, California Oil on canvas c.1872 70 x 52 inches (sight) 1985.1