German 1805-1873
Franz Xaver Winterhalter Galleries
German painter and lithographer. He trained as a draughtsman and lithographer in the workshop of Karl Ludwig Scheler (1785-1852) in Freiburg im Breisgau and went to Munich in 1823, sponsored by the industrialist Baron Eichtal. In 1825 he began a course of study at the Akademie and was granted a stipend by Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden. The theoretical approach to art of the Akademie under the direction of Peter Cornelius was unfamiliar to him, as in Freiburg he had been required to paint in a popular style. He found the stimulus for his future development in the studio of Joseph Stieler, a portrait painter who was much in demand and who derived inspiration from French painting. Winterhalter became his collaborator in 1825. From Stieler he learnt to make the heads of figures emerge from shadow and to use light in the modelling of faces. He moved to Karlsruhe in 1830 with his brother Hermann Winterhalter (1808-92), who had also trained with Scheler and had followed him to Munich.
1846(1846)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 215 x 142 cm (84.6 x 55.9 in)
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1846(1846)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 215 x 142 cm (84.6 x 55.9 in)
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Eugenie of Montijo, Empress of France
Eugenie of Montijo, Empress of France
Painting ID:: 81868
Date 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 109 x 138 cm (42.9 x 54.3 in)
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Date 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 109 x 138 cm (42.9 x 54.3 in)
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Height Width
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Napoleon Alexandre Berthier
Napoleon Alexandre Berthier
Painting ID:: 81974
1837(1837)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 186 x 138 cm (73.2 x 54.3 in)
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1837(1837)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 186 x 138 cm (73.2 x 54.3 in)
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Height Width
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Portrait of Victoria of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
Portrait of Victoria of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
Painting ID:: 82764
1840(1840)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 215 x 140 cm (84.6 x 55.1 in)
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1840(1840)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 215 x 140 cm (84.6 x 55.1 in)
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German 1805-1873
Franz Xaver Winterhalter Galleries
German painter and lithographer. He trained as a draughtsman and lithographer in the workshop of Karl Ludwig Scheler (1785-1852) in Freiburg im Breisgau and went to Munich in 1823, sponsored by the industrialist Baron Eichtal. In 1825 he began a course of study at the Akademie and was granted a stipend by Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden. The theoretical approach to art of the Akademie under the direction of Peter Cornelius was unfamiliar to him, as in Freiburg he had been required to paint in a popular style. He found the stimulus for his future development in the studio of Joseph Stieler, a portrait painter who was much in demand and who derived inspiration from French painting. Winterhalter became his collaborator in 1825. From Stieler he learnt to make the heads of figures emerge from shadow and to use light in the modelling of faces. He moved to Karlsruhe in 1830 with his brother Hermann Winterhalter (1808-92), who had also trained with Scheler and had followed him to Munich.
