Carl/Carlos Nebel (March 18, 1805 - June 4, 1855) was a German engineer, architect and draughtsman, best known for his detailed paintings of the Mexican landscape and people and of the battles of the Mexican-American War. Nebel was born at Altona, today a part of Hamburg. After studies in Hamburg and Paris, he travelled to America, where he was a resident of Mexico from 1829 until 1834. In 1836, he published in Paris his renowned illustrated work on that country-Voyage pittoresque et archeologique dans la partie la plus interessante du Mexique, with 50 lithographs made from his paintings, twenty of which were hand-colorized, and an introduction written by Alexander Humboldt.  Related Paintings of Carl Nebel :. | Self-Portrait | Caryatid | Portrait of a Man sgy | Madame de Sorquainville af | Smelt Factory |
Related Artists:
Thomas Somerscales
English painter, 1842-1927
Armando de Basto
painted Retrato in 1910
Edward Caledon Bruce
painted Robert E. Lee in 1865