Carl Malchin

Carl Wilhelm Christian Malchin (14 May 1838, Kröpelin - 23 January 1923, Schwerin) was a German landscape painter and art conservator.

[1] He aspired to be a shipbuilder, but was not sufficiently strong and robust for that type of work, so he remained with the surveyor for three more years as his assistant.

At this time, he made the acquaintance of two young painters from a nearby art colony who encouraged him to develop an interest in painting.

His work attracted the attention of the Court Painter, Theodor Schloepke, who obtained a scholarship for him from Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II.

He began his formal studies in 1873 at the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School under Theodor Hagen.