Heinrich Brandes

From 1823 to 1825 he attended the Academy of Munich, where he first devoted himself to historic painting under the tuition of Peter von Cornelius, but then turned his attention to landscapes.

His pictures from the Bavarian mountains won him a reputation by their grandeur of disposition and effective colouring.

In 1830-1 he visited Italy, and passed much of the time in Rome.

On his return he settled down in Brunswick, and became a teacher of painting and design as well as gallery inspector at the Ducal Museum.

In 1845, together with Neumann, he restored the murals in Brunswick Cathedral.