The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gerhardt, Eduard

GERHARDT, Eduard, German painter: b. Erfurt, 1813; d. 1888. He began life as a lithographer, next studied architecture at Cologne and under Semper at Dresden. In 1837 he took to painting at Munich, and subsequently studied his art in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula. For some time he was an instructor in the royal household at Lisbon, but in 1851 returned to Munich. His portrayal of Moorish architecture is unrivalled. His most notable works are ‘Palace of the Inquisition at Cordova’ (1863); ‘Lion Court at the Alhambra, Granada’ (1861); ‘Saint Marc's, Venice’ (1864), all in the Pinakothek, Munich; ‘The Alhambra by Moonlight’; ‘Generalife’ and ‘The Comares Tower,’ in the Schack Gallery, Munich.