Karl Rodeck was a German artist. He studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar with Arnold Böcklin and continued his studies in Berlin. Rodeck found his motifs primarily in Hamburg, where he temporarily ran his father's lithography facility. He is known for his lithography and artwork inspired by Hamburg.

Carl Rodeck was born in 1841 in Emden and began studying painting in 1863 at the School of Fine Arts in Weimar, where he studied under Arnold Böcklin among others. In 1869, Rodeck moved to Hamburg and finally went to Berlin where he spent most of his life-time, apart from some study trips abroad.