Stieler, Joseph |
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BORN 1 Nov 1781, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz - DIED 9 Apr 1858, München, Bayern: Barerstrasse 6½ BIRTH NAME Stieler, Joseph Karl GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Alter Südfriedhof, Thalkirchnerstrasse 17 (left wall 248/249) |
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Joseph Stieler received his first art education from his father, who died in 1789. He taught himself during the following years and when he was seventeen he went to Würzburg, where he was a pupil to Christoph Fesel for two years. In 1802 Heinrich Friedrich Füger became his teacher in Vienna and he started working as a portrait painter. In 1805 and 1806 he worked in Budapest and Warschau and in 1807 he worked with François Gérard in Paris. In 1808 he settled in Frankfurt am Main. In 1810 he travelled to Italy, where he painted Joachim Murat. In 1812 Bavaria's king Maximilian I asked him to come to Munich and the he lived for the rest of his live. In 1816 he married the Russian born Pauline Luise Beckers in Vienna. The marriage was very happy and they had five children. Commisioned by Antonie Brentano, he painted Ludwig van Beethoven in 1820. During the same year he became Court Painter in Munich and for king Ludwig I he created the famous Gallery of Beauties, now at Schloss Nymphenburg. In 1830 Pauline died and he hever completely came over this loss. In 1833 much younger the poet Josephine von Miller became his second wife. This marriage was happy as well and Josephine bore him three more children. During the last part of his life he mostly lived in Tegernsee, where he had a house with a large studio. Related persons • painted Beethoven, Ludwig van • painted Brentano, Antonie • is uncle/aunt of Dürck, Friedrich • painted Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von • painted Hagn, Charlotte von • was photographed by Hanfstaengl, Franz Seraph von • painted Jagemann, Caroline • worked for Ludwig I, König von Bayern • painted Montez, Lola • painted Murat, Joachim, king of Naples • was teacher of Winterhalter, Franz Xaver |
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 The grave of Josef Stieler at the Alte Südfriedhof, München. Picture by Androom (22 Aug 2008) |
 "Beethoven". (1820, Bonn: Beethoven-Haus) |
 "Lola Montez". (1847, München: Schloss Nymphenburg) |
Sources • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Joseph Karl Stieler - Wikipedia (DE) |
