Carl von Perbandt ( 12 May 1832 – 6 April 1911 ) was German landscape painter and member of the Düsseldorf school of painting . He travelled to the United States in 1870 and spent most of his career in Northern California where he lived from 1876 until 1903 . Many of his paintings were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . However , the Oakland Museum and the Crocker Art Museum hold two of his landscapes and several more are held in private collections
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Carl von Perbandt