Carl Brandien

"Carl William Brandien was born of Danish Parents in 1886 in New York City. His father died when he was only a child and he was placed in an institution. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI and was Honorably Discharged in 1919. Brandien studied in Paris and was a member of the Art Student’s League in New York. In 1916 he became a National Academician. He was an Illustrator for Life Magazine "A Bit of Old New York" and other periodicals in the early 1900s. He painted Murals for the Friar's Club and The Russian Club in New York City, The Officers Mess Hall at West Point, and the 1935 Auto Show at the Grand Central Palace in New York. A painting of opening night at the Metropolitan Opera was presented to famed director David Mannes and reportedly still hangs in the Met. He died in 1965 in Ft Lauderdale, FL."