His pictures are world-famous. They adorn postage stamps and posters, have been copied numerous times and, thanks to Andy Warhol, have even found their way into Pop Art. Joseph Karl Stieler was one of the most respected portrait painters of the 19th century. His subjects included Goethe, Humboldt and Beethoven. He painted the poets and thinkers, the nobility and high society throughout Europe. Anyone who thought anything of himself at the time had himself immortalized by him. Joseph Stieler possessed the unique talent of putting his models in the proverbial right light. He created an ideal image and always presented them from their best side, but without distorting them. The demand for such favorable portraits was enormous: about 500 portraits, mostly of well-known personalities, have survived from him today. However, it was not only his brilliant artistry that helped Stieler to achieve success: he was adept at moving in "high society" and, with his tactful manner, struck exactly the right note to score points with his illustrious clientele. The well-read and musical painter found it easy to establish relationships. He was a welcome guest in elite circles and delighted many a soiree with his sociability.
Joseph Stieler came from a family of artists with a long tradition as heraldic engravers and engravers. His father was a court medalist in the Electorate of Mainz and taught his sons to draw at an early age. When his father died, Stieler, who was just eight years old, began to advance his artistic skills on his own. A few years later, he painted portraits of his family members. He succeeded so brilliantly in portraying his mother and a miniature of his sister that he received his first commissions while still in his teens. Soon he has enough money to continue his education. Stieler completed an apprenticeship with the painter Johann Christoph Fese and then studied at the Academy of Arts in Vienna under Heinrich Füger. After completing his studies, the world was open to him. Equipped with letters of recommendation, Joseph Stieler travels Europe. His references open the doors of noble houses and fill his order book.
The artist's extraordinary talent did not go unnoticed by the Bavarian royal family: Stieler was appointed court painter. He remains it 35 years and serves under three regents. In addition to many paintings of the royal family, he created works by Goethe and Beethoven, among others, during this time. Ludwig I had a special commission for the painter: he wanted a collection of pictures of Munich's female beauties. Thus, 38 striking ladies were chosen to be painted by Joseph Stieler. Among them was Ludwig's mistress, the dancer Lola Montez, whose affair with the king provoked his abdication. The Beauty Gallery occupied Stieler for over two decades and is one of his most famous works. At the age of 73, the painter went into well-deserved retirement and died three years later of pneumonia. Posthumously it became quiet around Joseph Karl Stieler, but he was never forgotten. At the latest on commemorative days - such as the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, when Stieler's painting was omnipresent around the globe - the gifted portrait painter recalls himself to the memory of the art world.
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.jpg "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven When Composing the Missa Solemnis by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081838).jpg "Portrait of Nanette Kaula (1812 - 1876) by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1828 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Khatarina Botzaris by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Amalia Von Schintling by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Eugène de Beauharnais, 1815 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092941).jpg "Portrait of Caroline Grafin Holnstein by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Auguste Strobl by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Jane Ellenborough by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Helene Sedelmayer by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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 1828 - (MeisterDrucke-72658).jpg "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1527993).jpg "Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling, Portrait 1835 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_Painting_by_Joseph_Karl_Stieler_-_(MeisterDrucke-946486).jpg "Portrait of Princess Mary of Prussia by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-804191).jpg "King Ludwig I of Bavaria in Coronation Robes by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Caroline of Baden, Queen of Bavaria, 1823 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Sofia Kisseleff, 1801-1875, née Potocka, 1834 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sophie Frederique, Princess of Bavaria and Archduchess of Austria by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Jane Erskine by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cornelia Vetterlein by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Otto, King of Greece by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marchesa Marianna Florenzi by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_Ec_All_-_(MeisterDrucke-1005896).jpg "Portrait of Caroline Grafin by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-803929).jpg "Queen Therese in Coronation Robes by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie of Prussia by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Dolores Elisa Gilbert, Known as Lola Montez by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_German_composer_and_pianist_portrait_by_Joseph_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110480).jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer and Pianist, portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_19th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002774).jpg "Portrait of Woman with Red Hat by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Actress Charlotte von Hagn by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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 19th century (see also 126391) - (MeisterDrucke-207659).jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Princess Augusta of Bavaria, 1788-1851, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, ca 1825 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Mrs. von Riedl by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_19th_century_M_-_(MeisterDrucke-948148).jpg "Portrait of Augustine. Painting by Joseph Karl Stieler (19th century) Munich, Chateau De Nymphenburg by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-946489).jpg "Portrait of Charlotte by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Lady Theresa Spence in Role of Sappho by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_vice_roi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320769).jpg "Portrait of Eugene de Beauharnais, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_German_composer_and_pianist_composi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110030).jpg "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composing the Missa Solemnis by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_Composing_his_Missa_Solemnis_-_(MeisterDrucke-310060).jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven Composing his")
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.jpg "Portrait of Friederike Von Freiin Gumppenberg by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria 1786-1868, 1821-1822 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Ludovika of Bavaria at Schloss Tegernsee by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Archduchess Sophie with Her Son Archduke Franz Joseph by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Otto, King of Greece by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_Duchess_of_Leuchtenberg_c_1825_(oil_on_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494814).jpg "Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, c.1825 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-139453).jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Queen Therese of Bavaria by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Princess Auguste Ferdinande of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Antonia Wallinger by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich of Russia by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Helene Sedlmayer by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_Painting_by_Joseph_Stieler_(1781-1858)_Oi_-_(MeisterDrucke-943241).jpg "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "William I as a Victorious General by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria as Bride by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1023006).jpg "Portrait of Lola Montes or Montez by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cornelia Vetterlein by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903010).jpg "Portrait of Othon as a Young Man by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_en_costume_de_corre_Painting_-_(MeisterDrucke-972339).jpg "Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria in Coronation Dresses by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_(1789-186_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318700).jpg "Family Portrait of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_183_-_(MeisterDrucke-1023004).jpg "Portrait of Amalie von Schintling by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Anna Hillmaier by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Alexandra Amalie of Bavaria by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maximilian IV Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, 1756-1825, 1823 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1583700).jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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_German_musician_composing_the_Missa_-_(MeisterDrucke-996693).jpg "Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German musician, composing the Missa solemnis by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Ludwig van Beethoven holding Missa Solemnis by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria in Anointment Robe by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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.jpg "Princess Crescentia von Oettingen-Oettingen und Wallerstein, 1836 by Joseph Carl Stieler")
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