Origin: German-born American

Carl G. Evers was a 20th Century maritime artist known for his extraordinary detail and accuracy in representing working ships both from merchant and naval fleets. Born in Germany, his British father was a marine engineer and his mother was an artist, so he was encouraged early to the study of ships and in how…

Eventually earning a high rank amongst landscape painters of Southern California, Jean Mannheim's circular route to California started in Germany. Drafted into the national army, Mannheim chose to flee to France, where he put his bookbinding skills to use to support an early art education at the Ecole Delecluse and Academie Colarossi. He left Paris…