Education
He there attended the Academy of Fine Arts under Peter von Cornelius.
He there attended the Academy of Fine Arts under Peter von Cornelius.
After his apprenticeship as lithographer in his home town, Steffan travelled to Munich in 1833 in order to receive further education. Under the influence of Carl Rottmann, he turned to realistic Landscape art Steffan"s studio became the center of the Swiss artists in Munich.
Later, he quite frequently went to Berchtesgaden and to Ramsau where he found many of his motifs.
Steffan"s paintings mostly are idealistic landscapes of the Munich School and often show mountain motifs.