Helen Alice Tanner Brodt (April 21, 1838 – March 10, 1908) was an American landscape and portrait painter.

[3] She married Aurelius W. Brodt, a school teacher (and later principal),[4] and they settled in Red Bluff, California in 1863.

Reading to the summit of Lassen Peak, making her the first white woman to known to have climbed that mountain.

[2][3][6] Most of Brodt's work depicts the landscapes and historic structures of 19th century California.

Her subjects include abolitionist John Brown (from a photograph) and actress Lily Langtry.