BRAUN, (1836—). A German painter
of battle scenes. He was born at Schwäbisch
Hall, Württemberg, and was educated in Munich
and in Paris. He followed as an illustrator
the Austrian army during the Danish War of
1864 and painted several battle scenes for the
Emperor of Austria. He also accompanied the
German armies in the war of 1870-71, and
as a result exhibited his pictures entitled
“Entry of the Mecklenburg Troops into Orleans,” “The Capitulation of Sedan,” “The Battle of Sedan” (later exhibited at Frankfort-on-the-Main and elsewhere as a panorama), “The Germans in Versailles,” and “The Entry of the German Army into Paris.” The great success of the “Battle of Sedan,” in panoramic form,
Braun (who in 1902 held a professorship
in Munich) to produce several other works of
the same description. Among these are the
“Battle of Mars la Tour” (1884); “Panorama
of the German Colonies” (with Petersen, 1885); and the “Battle of Lützen” (1892).