Selected Paintings by Winter Hallett (Representative of the German Academy, European Court Painter)

Mrs. Rimsky-Kossakov Oil on canvas 147×90 cm 1864 Collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Winterhardt has a unique expressive charm in the art of portraiture, and he paints this elegant portrait with a relaxed and smooth brushwork. The wife of the late 19th-century Russian musician Mski Korsakov (who is a Russian pianist and composer) is dressed in a gorgeous blue-and-white striped dress, with long loose and beautiful hair draped over her chest, and sits in a chair in a graceful manner, revealing the noble temperament and romantic character of this lady.

Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1805–1873), master of classicist painting of the German Academy of Art in the mid-19th century. In 1818, at the age of thirteen, Winterhalter began studying painting and printmaking. He later studied painting at the Academy of Monaco. At the age of eighteen, he went to Munich to seek development. In 1828 he became a master painter of the Duchess of Karlsruhe. His chances of success outside Germany began in 1832, and in 1833-1834 he traveled to Italy and soon became a full-time painter in the Grand Duchy. Winterhardt later became a full-time court painter in many major European powers, serving the royal courts of King Louis Philippe of France, as well as the royal courts of Queen Victoria, Austria-Hungary and Belgium in England, famous for portraits of kings and queens. After 1835, Winterhalt became a popular portrait painter at the courts of various countries, with a wide popularity, and he also engaged in lithography and popularized his works through this technology. His marriage proposal was rejected in 1852, after which Franz Xavier Winterhall special effects became loyal to his painting work and remained single for the rest of his life.

Masterpiece by Franz Winterhardt

Empress Napoleon III and the Ladies of the House in 1855

Wife of Napoleon III Napoleon III (also known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) was the last French empress (reigned 1853-1871). This oil painting was painted in 1855, under the pen of Western painters, the expression of beautiful noble ladies seems to be an eternal theme, this painting shows the noble and elegant temperament of the noble ladies to the fullest, and the picture is based on the genre of many palace women wearing luxurious and beautiful, colorful long skirts around the queen, fully showing and representing the scene of royal life in the 19th century.

Empress Elizabeth of Austria (also known as Princess Sisi) 1864

Empress Elizabeth of Austria, also known as Princess Sisi, wife of Joseph I (1830-1916). This famous painting, painted in 1864, shows Princess Sixi in a luxurious gauze white dress and star-shaped diamonds, appearing in an elegant gesture of looking back sideways.

Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna (Empress Maria Feodorovna) 1857

Maria Fiodolovna (1847-1928), daughter of the King of Denmark and empress of the Russian Emperor Alexander III.

Florinda Oil on canvas 1853 178.4×245.7 cm

Florinda (Part 1)

Florinda (Part 2)

Florinda (Part 3)

Florinda (Part IV)

Selected works by Franz Winterhardt

Selected works by Winterhardt