Joseph Karl Stieler
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Joseph Karl Stieler | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 April 1858 | (aged 76)
Spouses | Pauline Luise Beckers
(m. 1818; died 1830)Josephine von Miller
(m. 1833) |
Children | 8, including Karl Stieler |
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Joseph Karl Stieler (1 November 1781 – 9 April 1858) was a German painter.[1] From 1820 until 1855 he worked as royal court painter for the Bavarian kings. He is known for his Neoclassical portraits, especially for the Gallery of Beauties at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, as well as his emblematic portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, which has become one of his most famous works.
Life
Born in the city of
From 1802 to 1805 he attended the
In 1816, he again travelled to
Stieler retired in 1855 to live at his country home in Tegernsee. He died in Munich three years later. His son Karl Stieler (1842–1885) became a well-known writer.
Work
Stieler worked mainly in the service of the Bavarian court. His painted likenesses in Schloss Nymphenburg, the Schönheitengalerie, the so-called Gallery of Beauties, were commissioned by King
The most distinguishing feature of Stieler's portraits is his utter focus on the sitter. Decorative additions are left out, and there is nothing that distracts the viewer's scrutiny. Stieler accomplished this concentration through deliberate light and dark contrast, which above all highlights the accurately characterized facial features.
Gallery
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A portrait of Napoleon's mother, Letitia Ramolino Bonaparte, 1811
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A portrait of Napoleon's stepson Eugène de Beauharnais, 1815.
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A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1820. Possibly Stieler's most reproduced work.
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King Ludwig I in his Coronation Robes, 1826
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Cornelia Vetterlein, 1828
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Otto of Greece, 1833
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Jane Erskine, 1837
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Alexander von Humboldt, 1843