Carl Werner

Carl Werner studied at Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and Leipzig University. Training under Friedrich von Gärtner and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leipzig. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Work by Carl Werner is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Benaki Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Bratislava City Gallery.

• Name — Carl Werner • Born — 4 October 1808 • Birthplace — Weimar • Died — 10 January 1894 • Place of death — Leipzig • Education — Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Leipzig • Known for — Painter and academic • Movement — Orientalist

Born in Weimar, Werner studied painting under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Leipzig. He switched to studying architecture in Munich from 1829 to 1831, but thereafter returned to painting. He won a scholarship to travel to Italy, where he ended up founding a studio in Venice and remaining until the 1850s, making a name for himself as a watercolor painter. He exhibited around Europe, in particular travelling often to England, where he exhibited at the New Watercolour Society. He travelled through Spain in 1856-1857, in 1862 to Palestine and then to Egypt, and to the latter country he returned for a longer trip in 1864. Particularly notable were his watercolors in Jerusalem, where he was one of the few non-Muslims able to gain access to paint the interior of the Dome of the Rock. He published a large body of work in London as Jerusalem and the Holy Places, and some more watercolors from Egypt in 1875 as Carl Werner's Nile Sketches. He later travelled to Greece and Sicily, and became a professor at the Leipzig Academy. He died in Leipzig in 1894. His works include: • Venice in her Zenith and Decline • The Ducal Palace, with a Scene from the Merchant of Venice • The Triumphal Procession of Doge Cantarini (5 ft. high), • The Zisa Hall in Palermo • The Lions' Court of the Alhambra • Jerusalem and the Holy Land, comprises 30 designs, published with text and colored plates (London, 1866–67)

The authorities additionally record the headings Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, C. Werner, k. werner, Karl Friedrich Heinrich Werner and carl f. h. werner. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Corona Werner. One child is recorded: Rinaldo Werner.

His work is associated with Orientalism. He was employed by Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. He belonged to Hamburger Künstlerverein von 1832, Deutscher Künstlerverein Rom and Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He worked at Leipzig.