Karl Ferdinand Sohn
(1805–1867) tysk professor
Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805–1867) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Karl Ferdinand Sohn belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Karl Ferdinand Sohn was born in Berlin and died in Cologne. Karl Ferdinand Sohn trained at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and Berlin University of the Arts. Karl Ferdinand Sohn studied under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. Karl Ferdinand Sohn worked in Düsseldorf. The students included Richard Freytag, Elisabeth Baumann, Leopold Hartmann, and Heinrich Lauenstein.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 9 works by Karl Ferdinand Sohn with free images. The dated works span the years 1830–1860. Works by Karl Ferdinand Sohn are held by several collections, among them Royal Collection, Eremitaget, Museum Kunstpalast, and Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Carl Nebel, Christian Morgenstern, Baron Carlo Marochetti, Magnus von Wright, and Henry Lark Pratt.