Leopold Kerpel was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland. His talent in art took him to Florence, Italy, where he studied painting for eight years. In 1846 he moved to Vienna. There, he exhibited five paintings at the “Knight’s Hall” of the Hofburg, Vienna. This success was followed by an exhibition of two of his paintings in Budapest. In 1849 Kerpel began to travel. He started at Prague, where the Dowager Empress Anne purchased one of his sketches. At Teplitz, in northern Bohemia, the Duke of Clary bought several of his paintings. He exhibited in Dresden, Geermany, where the King of Saxony purchased some of his works. In Berlin the King of Prussia commissioned two paintings from Kerpel. His journeys took him to Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Finland. Kerpel then returned to Vienna where he remained. His paintings are shown both in the Eisenstadt Museum and in the Oedenburg Museum in Hungary. Leopold Kerpel died in 1880 and is buried in Vienna.