Carl Eduard Steinbrück (2 May 1802, Magdeburg - 3 February 1882, Landeck) was a German history painter and etcher; associated with the Düsseldorf school. Biography. His father was a merchant from Tangermünde and, in 1817, he became apprenticed to a businessman in Bremen. He eventually decided to follow his own inclinations and become a painter so, in 1822, he went to Berlin, where he worked in the studios of Wilhelm Wach. He produced his first independent paintings, on religious subjects, in 1825. In 1829, he moved to Düsseldorf, where he mingled with the local artists.
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Carl Eduard Steinbrück (2 May 1802, Magdeburg - 3 February 1882, Landeck) was a German history painter and etcher; associated with the Düsseldorf school. Biography. His father was a merchant from Tangermünde and, in 1817, he became apprenticed to a businessman in Bremen. He eventually decided to follow his own inclinations and become a painter so, in 1822, he went to Berlin, where he worked in the studios of Wilhelm Wach. He produced his first independent paintings, on religious subjects, in 1825. In 1829, he moved to Düsseldorf, where he mingled with the local artists.
