Reinhardt studied art in
Leipzig,
Dresden, and
Munich, under the tutelage of
Johan Christian Dahl and
Albert Zimmermann, among others. During the 1840s and 1850s, he lived a bohemian wandering life as a landscape painter, author, and caricaturist. During this time, he contributed to the well-known magazines
Kladderadatsch,
Die Gartenlaube, and
Illustrirte Zeitung. In 1848, Reinhardt contributed to the
Fliegende Blätter, in an issue titled "Meister Lapp and his apprentice Pips." The original issue was incomplete, and a complete version appeared in an 1851 book version published by Braun & Schneider. Reinhardt helped pioneer the
comics genre in
Deutscher Bilderbogen für Jung und Alt, which was inspired by the Munich
Bilderbogen. Reinhardt made his living illustrating books. Some of his best-known lithographs appear in volumes 2-4 of
To America! by
Friedrich Gerstäcker, published in 1855. By the 1860s, Reinhardt had made a name for himself, but years of hard living had taken a toll on his health. Ill and still poor, he moved to
Dresden and tried his hand at being an author, playwright, and journal editor (
Der Calculator an der Elbe). In 1877, he opened an eponymous tavern in
Radebeul. The tavern survived Reinhardt's death, known under the abbreviated name "Zum Calculator." ==Work==