Eugen Bracht

Eugen Bracht studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. Training under Hans Gude is recorded. Vartan Makhokhian, Otto Lämmerhirt and Reinhold Hansche are recorded as having studied under Eugen Bracht. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Employment is recorded with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and Academy of Arts, Berlin. Work by Eugen Bracht is recorded in the collections of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Berlinische Galerie, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina.

• Name — Eugen Bracht • Born — 3 June 1842 • Birthplace — Morges, Waadt, Switzerland • Died — 15 November 1921 • Place of death — Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany • Resting Place — Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany • Field — Painting • Education — Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe • Movement — Romanticism, Symbolism, Impressionism

Bracht was born in Morges, Waadt (near Lake Geneva in Switzerland) of German parents. His family later moved to Darmstadt, Germany, where he became a pupil of Karl Ludwig Seeger at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and later studied under Hans Gude in Düsseldorf. Dissatisfied with his work, he moved to Berlin in 1864 and became a merchant, but in 1876 he renewed his interest in painting and joined his former teacher Seeger in Karlsruhe. A late Romanticist painter, Bracht was known for his moody landscapes and coastal scenes in North Germany, and began a sketching trip through Syria, Palestine and Egypt from 1880 to 1881. In 1882, he became a professor of Landscape Painting at the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1885, he painted the Battle of Chattanooga for the "Philadelphia Panorama Company", a cyclorama which was installed in Philadelphia and Kansas City. Bracht was supported by Anton von Werner, the conservative director of the Berlin Academy, but cut ties with him during the affair of the closure of Edvard Munch's Berlin exhibition in 1892. Despite the hostility, when von Werner died, Bracht finished the late painter's panorama of the Battle of Sedan. Later, Bracht became a representative of German Impressionism. In 1901, he obtained a teaching position at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts that he held until 1919. He retired to Darmstadt, where he died in 1921.

Eugen Bracht was recorded at birth as Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Prosper Bracht.

Eugen Bracht worked in painting. His work is associated with Romanticism. He was employed by Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and Academy of Arts, Berlin. He belonged to Corps Hassia Darmstadt. He worked at Berlin.

Eugen Bracht is recorded as painter, university teacher, draftsperson, prehistorian and graphic artist. Recognition and collections.