Conrad Freitag

Conrad Freitag (1843–October 26, 1894) was a German American marine artist from Brooklyn, New York. He was best known for his portraits of New York pilot boats. Freitag's works were exhibited at the National Academy and the Brooklyn Art Association.

Early life
Freitag was born in Germany in 1843.

Career
During the American Civil War Freitag enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment. He was honorably discharged in June 1865. He returned to convalesce in New York where he painted a scene of the Spotsylvania battle, which is when his art career began.

His works were exhibited at the National Academy and the Brooklyn Art Association in the 1870s and 1880s. He was best known for his works of New York pilot boats.

List of artworks
Example of works by Conrad Freitag: • Ezra Nye, (1862), towing disabled schooner to Newport, R.I

• FAH Kee In A Gale, (1867), oil painting of steamship

• Fannie, No. 17 (1870), oil on canvas of pilot boat

• Alida (ca. 1875), oil painting of side-wheel steamboat

• Lizzie Merry (1875), oil painting of barkentine

• Alexander M. Lawrence, No. 4 (1883), pilot boat

• Chenango Canal (1880s), oil painting of Sherburne, New York

• Ship Norway (1880s), oil on canvas of clipper ship

• Favorita (1880s), oil on canvas of pilot boat

Death
Freitag died at the residence of his brother, Philip Freitag, at 488 North Second Street, on October 26, 1894, in Brooklyn, New York.