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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become associated with fashionable court portraiture. Among his best known works are Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855) and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1865).
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culture · German painter and lithographer (1805–1873) · painter · lithographer · draftsperson · portrait painter · visual artist · also Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Francis Xavier Winterhalter, Franz Xavier Winterhalter, f. winterhalter, Franz X. J. Winterhalter, F. Xaver Winterhalter
Born 20 April 1805 · Died 8 July 1873 · Q168659
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2025· 2 entries
insider.si.edu: Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the courts of Europe, 1830-70 / by Richard Ormond and Carol Blackett-Ord ; with contributions by Susan Foister ... [et al.]
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1873· 1 entry
Died 1873-07-08.
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1864· 1 entry
Winterhalter made his last visit to England
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1859· 1 entry
Bought a villa in Baden-Baden, his favorite vacation spot
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1857· 1 entry
Painted the portrait of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna
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1855· 1 entry
Winterhalter painted his masterpiece: Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting
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1852· 1 entry
Went to Spain to paint Queen Isabella II with her daughter
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1842· 1 entry
And returned several times to paint Victoria, Prince Albert and their growing family, painting at least 120 works for them, a large number of which remain in the Royal Collection, on display to the public at Buckingham P
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1837· 1 entry
Career landmark: court painter (1837).
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1834· 1 entry
Career landmark: court painter (1834).
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1832· 1 entry
When he was able to travel to Italy, 1833–1834, with the support of Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
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1828· 1 entry
Became drawing master to Sophie, Margravine of Baden, at Karlsruhe
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1825· 1 entry
Was granted a stipend by Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763–1830) and began a course of study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), whose academic methods made him uncomfortable
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1823· 1 entry
At the age of 18, he went to Munich, sponsored by the industrialist Baron von Eichtal (1775–1850)
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1818· 1 entry
At the age of 13 to study drawing and engraving
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1805· 1 entry
Born 1805-04-20.
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