Carl Adloff

Carl (Karl) Adloff (12 January 1819 – 16 April 1863) was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting.

In his choice of motifs, he favoured – following the Dutch Golden Age painting – the Dutch landscape; he created beach, harbour, canal and city views, whose architecture he captured in detail and in a fine painting style.

He often painted seascapes, which are bathed in a romantic mood of tranquillity by moonlight, morning and evening light.

Adloff married Adelheid Schmitz (1820-1893), who gave birth to his daughter Sybilla Carolina († 1927) in 1850.

Adloff died in Düsseldorf at the age of 44 and was buried at Golzheimer Friedhof [de] (southern part).