Carl Georg Enslen

Carl Georg Enslen (20 September 1792 – 17 April 1866) was an Austrian-born German painter.^[1]

Freiburg Minster, 1839, now in the Swiss National Museum

Biography

Enslen was born in Vienna in 1792,^[1] and studied at the Academy of Berlin. He travelled in Italy, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark,^[2] and his panoramas give proof of a knowledge of excellent linear and aerial perspective. He was the son of Johann Carl Enslen, with whom he worked closely. He died in Lille, France in 1866, aged 73.^[1]

Collections

His work is included in the collections of the Swedish National Museum,^[2] the Swiss National Museum, Zurich,^[3] the City History Museum, Leipzig,^[4] and the Sankt-Anne Museum in Lübeck, Germany.^[5]

Gallery

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  Inner view of the Cologne Cathedral, 1838
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  Idealistic view of the Cologne Cathedral, 1839
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  Main square of Nuremberg, 1839