Carl Saltzmann (23 September 1847,
Berlin - 14 January 1923,
Potsdam) was a
German marine and
landscape painter.
Biography
He was a pupil of
Hermann Eschke, then studied at
Düsseldorf, and, after traveling through the
Netherlands and
Italy, settled in Berlin. In 1878-80 he went with
Prince Henry of
Prussia on his trip around the world and later accompanied the
German Emperor on his visit to
St. Petersburg and
Norway.
Of his pictures resulting from these journeys may be mentioned "
Corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
Prince Adalbert in the
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan (), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is considered the most important natural pass ...
" (1883, Breslau Museum), "In the
Pacific Ocean" (1888, German Emperor), and "Arrival of the
Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...
at
Kronstadt" (Emperor of Russia). The
National Gallery, Berlin, contains two paintings by him. In 1888 Saltzmann was awarded the great gold medal at Berlin and in 1896 he was appointed
professor at the
Academy.
Saltzmann's painting "Walfang mit der Duncan Grey" (Whaling with the Duncan Grey) depicted the 15 July 1892 "pleasure whaling trip" taken by German Emperor Wilhelm II on the whaling and sealing vessel Duncan Grey, during which a
sei whale
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was harpooned with explosive shells and hauled back to shore.
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19th-century German painters
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
1847 births
1923 deaths
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
19th-century German male artists
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