Carl Gustav Carus: career timeline

German · 1789–1869 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 49 lots (70% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Carl Gustav Carus: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1810s	2	2	$98kSign up	Oil
1820s	5	5	$166kSign up	Oil
1830s	10	10	$79.5kSign up	Oil
1840s	10	10	$36.4kSign up	Oil
1850s	3	3	$59.5kSign up	Drawing
1860s	3	3	$19.6kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1810s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $98kSign up
Average: $98kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (21 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1818 Aussicht$114kSign up
1819 Blick über abendliche Felder auf ein Gehöft“. 1819 [?]$81.7kSign up

1820s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $166kSign up
Average: $156kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1820 Weidenstamm mit Unterholz$55.8kSign up
c. 1820 Baum über Steinen („Landschaft aus dem sächsischen Mittelgebirge“). 1820/30er Jahre$63.7kSign up
1822 Phantasie aus der Alpenwelt$251kSign up
1823 View from a barred window into the sky$245kSign up
1826 Schiffsmühle auf der Elbe bei Dresden$166kSign up

1830s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $79.5kSign up
Average: $91.5kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 11 in (21 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1830 Waldlandschaft am Fluss („Überschwemmung im Leipziger Rosental“)$116kSign up
c. 1830 Frühsommerlicher Weinberg in Pillnitz$46.7kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1830 Wolkenstudie$86.4kSign up
c. 1830 Motiv von der Pillnitzer Elbinsel$91.2kSign up
c. 1830 Mondscheinlandschaft$33kSign up
c. 1832 Erinnerung an Neapel (Mondnacht über dem Mittelmeer)$120kSign up
c. 1835 Ruine in Pillnitz über den Weinbergen$72.5kSign up
c. 1835 Pillnitzer Landschaft mit Ruine$29.9kSign up
1837 Abenddämmerung. Zu Goethes Faust$303kSign up
1837 Waldstudie$16.7kSign up

1840s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $36.4kSign up
Average: $35.5kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1850s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $59.5kSign up
Average: $49.2kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 6 in (18 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1850 Villa am Hang“. Nach 1850$59.5kSign up
1852 Flügelschlagender Schwan im Schilf bei Mondlicht$76kSign up
c. 1858 Weidenröschen vor einem Felsblock$12.2kSign up

1860s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $19.6kSign up
Average: $19.1kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 7.5 in (18 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1861 Skizzenbuch mit Motiven aus der Umgebung Dresdens$19.6kSign up
c. 1863 Blick über Hosterwitzer Gärten auf das Keppschloß. 1863/ 1867$14.2kSign up
1866 Wassermühle am Berghang („Ein Müller-Lied“). (Vor) 1866$23.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

14 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $59.3kSign up
Average: $69.1kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 11 in (22 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 ABENDLICHE MITTELGEBIRGSLANDSCHAFT.$91.2kSign up
sold 2007 DIE KÖNIGLICHE VILLA IN WACHWITZ BEI DRESDEN.$59.3kSign up
sold 2009 Überschwemmung im Leipziger Rosental$56.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $21kSign up
Average: $50.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2014 Vollmond bei Pillnitz$97.2kSign up
sold 2017 Waldlandschaft$21kSign up
sold 2017 Vorplatz einer gotischen Kirche bei Mondschein$21kSign up
sold 2018 Tannenwald an einem Nebelmorgen$20.4kSign up
sold 2018 Moonlit Gateway by a Gothic Church$92.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $35.1kSign up
Average: $34.8kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10.5 in (20 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (2)

sold 2020 Forecourt of a Gothic Cathedral by Moonlight$32.5kSign up
sold 2020 Fields and a Farmstead in Evening Light$73.8kSign up
sold 2020 Wooded Landscape$17kSign up
sold 2022 Fenster der Burg Tharandt$8kSign up
sold 2025 Mond über Kiefern$37.7kSign up
sold 2025 Laubwald. Landschaft mit Vögeln und Bäumen$39.9kSign up · sold 2×

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Carl Gustav Carus auction results →