Carl Eytel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Eytel

German-American artist

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1862

Place of Birth: Maichingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1925

Profession: artist, illustrator, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Carl Eytel (September 12, 1862 – September 17, 1925) was a German American artist who built his reputation for paintings and drawings of desert subjects in the American Southwest.
Immigrating to the United States in 1885, he settled in Palm Springs, California in 1903.
With an extensive knowledge of the Sonoran Desert, Eytel traveled with author George Wharton James as he wrote the successful Wonders of the Colorado Desert, and contributed over 300 drawings to the 1908 work.
While he enjoyed success as an artist, he lived as an ascetic and would die in poverty.
Eytel's most important work, Desert Near Palm Springs, hangs in the History Room of the California State Library.