Karl Ross

Karl Ross (15 November 1816 – 5 February 1858) (also known as Charles) was a German painter. He is most known for his paintings of classical landscapes. He was the brother of the classical archaeologist Ludwig Ross, and executed several of his paintings during travels with Ludwig and other companions throughout Greece.

Ross was a citizen of the Duchy of Holstein, ruled by Denmark. He was trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he was academically distinguished, and later travelled for further study to Munich, Rome and Paris. He briefly took a political role as a representative of the revolutionary government of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenberg during their attempted rebellion against Danish rule in 1848. Affected by ill health for most of his life, he died of typhus in Munich in 1858.