Karl Ernest Papf

Karl Ernest Papf (Dresden, Germany, 1833 --- São Paulo, 1910) was a German photographer, painter, and drawer that moved to Brazil in 1867.

Life

He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts of Dresden and in 1867, was hired for the profession of photographer by the firm of his compatriot Albert Henschel. He initially worked in Recife until 1872, then in Salvador until 1877 and, always in service of the atelier "Albert Henschel & Cia.", as a witness to the " Almanaque Laemmert", he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he encountered a better environment for the development of his works

In Rio de Janeiro

Papf arrived in the capital of the Empire in 1877. In that same year he became paintor of the Imperial Family, portraiting, among other people, Princess Isabel, Conde D'Eu, and the Prince of Grão Pará.

In the next year, Papf made one of his best landscapes, the "Praia do Cavalão" ("Cavalão Beach"), curiously the same theme, but in a different angle, painted by Georg Grimm.

He appreciated the Brazilian orchids that he cultivated in Petropolis, where he determined his residence. More than once the beautiful and exotic flowers were the subject of his privileged brush.

Reference

* PEIXOTO, Maria Elizabete Santos (1989). "Germann painters in Brazil during the XIX century". Rio de Janeiro: Pinakotheke.