Born in Copenhagen, Johann Carl Neumann belonged to the second generation of Danish artists to emerge after the country’s most flourishing artistic period. Following on from the Danish school for maritime painting led principally by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853), Frederick Theodor Kloss (1802-1876) and Emanuel Larsen (1823-1859), Johann Carl Neumann presented a less scientific approach to the subject. Neumann also travelled to the Orient, visiting Turkey, Egypt and Syria in 1873-74. He appears to have returned to Turkey in 1877-78 as views of Constantinople harbour, bathing in its golden light, have been recorded during this period. Neumann died in Copenhagen in 1891.