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Forest Landscape with Bathing Children
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Carl Ebert's most famous painting is Forest Landscape with Bathing Children (1867), in the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich. With Evening Landscape (1875) and Landscape society in a park, it completes the three works everyone recognises. Our catalogue lists 5 works by Carl Ebert; the 5 below are the ones the world looks at most, each with its year, the museum that holds it and why it matters.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated November 2026. Every masterpiece on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, at the size you choose.
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Carl Ebert | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bavarian State Painting Collections |
Munich | 2 | Forest Landscape with Bathing Children, Evening Landscape |
 Lenbachhaus |
Munich | 1 | Isar Landscape |
Carl Ebert painted for barely 9 years, from 1867 to 1875: follow that decade year by year, through the paintings that made the name.
Forest Landscape with Bathing Children (1867), Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich. Next come Evening Landscape (1875) and Landscape society in a park.
46 years old: Forest Landscape with Bathing Children dates from 1867 and Carl Ebert was born in 1821.
Our catalogue lists 5 works by Carl Ebert, dated from 1867 to 1875.
Most of them are in Bavarian State Painting Collections (Munich) and Lenbachhaus (Munich). The table above lists the museums one by one.
The earliest on this page is Forest Landscape with Bathing Children (1867), the latest Evening Landscape (1875).
Forest Landscape with Bathing Children and Evening Landscape are among the 2 works on this page held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.
Carl Ebert was born in Stuttgart on 13 March 1821. The early death of his parents shifted his trajectory, but the support of his relatives ensured his path remained within the arts. He secured a place at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, where his technical foundation was built under the instruction of Gottlob Friedrich Steinkopf and Johann Friedrich Dieterich. This formal training provided the necessary discipline for a career defined by the landscape genre.
In 1846, Ebert moved to Munich, a transition that signaled a shift toward more specialized study. He became a private student of Eduard Schleich, focusing his attention on the nuances of the natural world. His development was not confined to the studio; he frequently visited the Alte Pinakothek to study the works of the Old Masters. This direct engagement with established techniques informed his approach to composition and light. His training was a deliberate combination of academic rigor and the observation of historical precedents.
Ebert’s development was shaped by direct engagement with the landscape and the shifting currents of European painting. His time spent at the artists' colonies in Polling and Eberfing alongside Friedrich Salzer and Richard Zimmermann provided a foundation in communal study. This period of observation was interrupted and expanded by his attendance at the Exposition Universelle in 1855. It was during this exhibition that the Barbizon school exerted a clear influence on his approach to the natural world.
His movement through Europe was extensive and purposeful. He accompanied Schleich and Carl Morgenstern on study trips through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, absorbing the light and terrain of these regions. His interest in the Mediterranean led him to Italy in 1857 and again in 1872. Later in his career, in 1881, he spent several months in Bosnia. These excursions provided the specific topographical data that defined his later output.