Alexander Julius Klünder

At the same time, he pursued what would prove to be his true interests by studying at an art school operated by Karl August Senff.

[1] At that time, he created his first significant portrait, that of the newly graduated Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, who would later become a prominent physician and philologist.

In 1827, on the 25th anniversary of the University's reopening, he was commissioned to paint portraits of notable professors; a project which kept him occupied until 1829.

[1] In addition to portraits of the Royal Family, other members of the nobility, and the government, his sitters included Mikhail Lermontov and the painter Karl Bryullov.

He was also commissioned to paint a series of about 60 portraits depicting members of the Chevalier Guard Regiment, which he worked on until 1850.