Franz Ludwig Catel

Images of Italy in the Romantic period

Beginning in mid-October 2015, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is presenting the first retrospective of the work of Franz Ludwig Catel (1778–1856), one of the most popular landscape painters of his day. The German artist’s views of Rome and his atmospheric depictions of Naples, Mount Vesuvius and the Amalfi Coast continue to shape our vision of southern Italy. Blending naturalistic representation with picturesque scenes of Italian country life, Catel developed a unique style of Romantic landscape painting. The exhibition traces his artistic development from his early days as a draughtsman and illustrator in Berlin and Paris to his successful career as a landscape painter in Rome and Naples. Read more.

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