High Society: The Art of Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Kessler Aurisch, Helga

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) was the most renowned portraitist of European aristocracy of his day, expertly capturing the refinement and opulence of his distinguished sitters. Born and trained in Germany, Winterhalter settled in Paris in 1834, where he became the de facto court painter to King Louis-Philippe. He gained such international acclaim for his state portraits that he painted all but a few of the monarchs in Europe. In Paris in 1855, at the pinnacle of his career, he painted the noble portrait Empress Eugenie and Her Ladies-in-Waiting, which would go on to symbolise an entire era. His 1865 portrait of the Austrian Empress Sissi is also known the world over. The lavishly illustrated publication complements Winterhalter's magnificent portraits of crowned heads of state with selected items of clothing by the contemporary and sought-after couturier Charles Frederick Worth.

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A monumental, lavishly mounted retrospective catalogue dedicated to the sumptuous 19th-century court portraits of Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

EAN

9783897904484

Publisher

Arnoldsche

Published

25 November 2015

Pages

256

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