Franz Xaver Winterhalter
German painter and lithographer (1805-1873) · Germany · Artists · Died at 68
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Something wrong?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.
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![Leonilla Bariatinskaia Princess of Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn (1843), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Winterhalter contrasted sumptuous fabrics and vivid colors against creamy flesh to heighten the sensuality of the pose, the model, and the luxuriant setting.[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_-_Portrait_of_Leonilla%2C_Princess_of_Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1280px-Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_-_Portrait_of_Leonilla%2C_Princess_of_Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
Leonilla Bariatinskaia Princess of Sayn Wittgenstein Sayn (1843), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Winterhalter contrasted sumptuous fabrics and vivid colors against creamy flesh to heighten the sensuality of the pose, the model, and the luxuriant setting.[7]![Katarzyna Potocka in oriental costume (1854), National Museum, Warsaw. Countess Potocka sat for this portrait in Paris, where she went after returning from a trip to the Holy Land. Róża Krasińska, who with her mother went to Paris, wrote that she was "a few times in the Winterhalter's studio, while the mother posed for her portraits".[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Winterhalter_Katarzyna_Potocka.jpg/500px-Winterhalter_Katarzyna_Potocka.jpg)
Katarzyna Potocka in oriental costume (1854), National Museum, Warsaw. Countess Potocka sat for this portrait in Paris, where she went after returning from a trip to the Holy Land. Róża Krasińska, who with her mother went to Paris, wrote that she was "a few times in the Winterhalter's studio, while the mother posed for her portraits".[8]
Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855), Château de Compiègne. Taking its inspiration from 18th-century bucolic scenes, this monumental composition sets Empress Eugénie and her entourage against the backdrop of a shady clearing in a forest. However, the composition is very artificial and formal. The Empress, slightly to the left of center, is encircled by and dominates the group.
Barbe Dmitrievna Mergassov Madame Rimsky-Korsakov (1864), oil on canvas, 117 × 90 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's family in 1846 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter left to right: Prince Alfred (unbreeched at two years); the Prince of Wales; Queen Victoria; Prince Albert; and Princesses Alice, Helena and Victoria
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Sibling: Hermann WinterhalterAbout this person
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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