Franz Xavier Winterhalter
German painter Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1805-73) . Nowadays he is not widely known, but in the 19th century he was highly esteemed as one of the best portraitists in Europe. He devoted his brush to the European aristocracy. That is why his work is a long line of beautiful and somewhat idealized portraits of the titled personas. He complimented very tactfully and depicted the lavishness of draperies, glimmer of pearls and luxury of lace of his sitters’ dresses with great skill. Is there any woman who is indifferent to the dress in which she sits for an artist? Winterhalter could transfer to canvas the silkiness of the hair, the shine of the eyes, the velvet of the skin and the sensitivity of the lips... he was severely criticized exactly for this capability: ‘unnaturally beautiful’, ‘art for art's sake’… But the critics could not stop the flood of commissions from rich countesses, princesses, duchesses, and empresses.
Studio of Winterhalter. Queen Victoria. 1842. Oil on canvas. Christopher Wood Gallery, London, UK

Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Queen Victoria. 1843. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection, UK

Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The Family of Queen Victoria. 1846. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection, UK

Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The First of May. The Duke of Wellington Presenting a Casket on Prince Arthur's Birthday. 1851. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection, UK

source of origin;Olga's Gallery - Online Art Museum.



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