Artist

Karl Friedrich Lessing

1808–1880 · born in Wrocław Pracze · died in Karlsruhe

Karl Friedrich Lessing was a German painter born in Breslau in 1808. He worked in Düsseldorf, where he painted dramatic scenes from the Reformation and medieval history, and later directed the art gallery in Karlsruhe. He died in Karlsruhe in 1880.