Peter Andreas Brandt (14 June 1792 – 20 September 1862) was a Norwegian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

. He worked as an illustrator with the Danish

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Peter Wilhelm Lund Peter Wilhelm Lund (14 June 1801 – 25 May 1880) was a Danish paleontologist, zoologist, and archeologist. He spent most of his life working and living in Brazil. He is considered the father of Brazilian paleontology as well as archaeology. He ...

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, producing works such as a map of the Lapa Vermelha cavern. Brant lived in the Brazilian town of Lagoa Santa, where he is buried.

References

*Birgitte Holten, Michael Sterll og Jon Fjeldså (red.): ''Den forsvundne maler. P.W. Lund og P.A. Brandt i Brasilien'', Museum Tusculanums Forlag 2003, Norwegian illustrators 19th-century Norwegian painters People from Trondheim 1792 births 1862 deaths Norwegian male painters 19th-century Norwegian male artists {{Brazil-artist-stub