Carl Hirschberg
American (1854-1923)
Carl Hirschberg was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1854, immigrating to New York City as a child. At the age of 17 he began studying drawing at the National Academy of Design. In 1875, when the Art Students League was formed, Hirschberg became one of the original members. He was also a co-founder of the Salmagundi Club. He studied figure painting with Walter Shirlaw, continuing his art education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Cabanel and Lefebvre. In 1884, he moved back to the United States, eventually settling in Kent, Connecticut, with his artist son, George L. Nelson, to become early and influential members of the Kent Art Association and the broader Litchfield County group of painters. Hirschberg exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York, the Boston Art Club and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.