HILDEBRANDT, EDUARD (1818-1869), German land scape painter, was born at Danzig, on Sept. 9, 1818, the son of a house painter. He studied under Wilh. Krause in Berlin and under E. Isabey in Paris. His most important work was in water-colour and he travelled all over the world in search of sub jects. In 1862-64 he travelled round the world by order of Frederick William IV. of Prussia, who was his patron, "to learn from personal view the phenomena that the sea, the air, and the solid earth bring forth beneath the most various skies." He re turned with 30o water-colours, a selection of which were pub lished. Among his works are: "Castle Kronborg" (1857), in the National Gallery, Berlin; "Moonrise in Madeira," Corcoran Gal lery, Washington; "The Bay of Naples," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; "Sunset on Rio de Janeiro" (1851), in the museum at Hamburg. The interest of his work lies in the subject represented. His colour effects are often crude, though his exe cution is not without technical merit.
See F. Arndt, Eduard Hildebrandt, der Mater des Kosmos (1869).