Ernst Hildebrand

Ernst Wilhelm Hildebrand (8 March 1833, Falkenberg, Heideblick - 17 November 1924, Berlin) was a German painter.

His first art lessons came from Carl Steffeck in Berlin where, after a year spent on a study trip to Paris, he would decide to live.

In 1880, at the suggestion of Anton von Werner, he was appointed to succeed Karl Gussow at the Prussian Academy of Arts.

Initially, he focused on decorative painting, but soon turned to genre scenes, featuring Martin Luther and Queen Louise.

He also made himself welcome at court, where he produced canvases of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden and the Crown Prince (later Emperor) Frederick III.