Peter von Hess
Peter von Hess | |
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Born | Peter von Hess 29 July 1792 Düsseldorf, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 4 April 1871 München, German Empire | (aged 78)
Nationality | German |
Known for | Painting |
Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess (29 July 1792 – 4 April 1871) was a German painter, known for historic paintings, especially of the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence.
Life[]
Peter von Hess initially received training from his father Carl Ernst Christoph Hess. He accompanied his younger brother Heinrich Maria to Munich in 1806, and enrolled at the Munich Academy at the age of sixteen. He also trained under Wilhelm von Kobell.
During the Napoleonic Wars, he was allowed to join the staff of General Wrede, who commanded the Bavarians in the military operations which led to the abdication of Napoleon. There he gained novel experiences of war and a taste for extensive travel. During this time, von Hess painted his first battle pieces.[1] In 1818 he spent some time in Italy where he painted landscapes and various Italian scenes and travelled to Naples with Joseph Petzl and a group of other Bavarian artists.
In 1833, at Ludwig's request, he accompanied Otto of Greece to the newly formed Kingdom of Greece, where at Athens he gathered materials for pictures of the war of liberation. The sketches which he then made were placed, forty in number, in the Pinakothek, after being copied in wax on a large scale by Nilsen, in the northern arcades of the Hofgarten at Munich.[1] King Otho's entrance into Nauplia was the subject of a large and crowded canvas now in the Pinakothek, which Hess executed in person.
Evaluation[]
Peter von Hess' work has been evaluated positively for its execution but some have questioned its boldness and congeniality .[1]
He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.
Works[]
Alexander Ypsilantis crosses the Pruth
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis
Alexandros Mavrokordatos defends Missolonghi
Bouboulina
Sacred Band fighting at Dragatsani
Battle of Berezina (1812)
Battle of Krasnoi (14 August 1812)
Otto’s entry to Athens
The hanging of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople
Botsaris dying in Karpenisi
Notes[]
This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (January 2014) |
References[]
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hess". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century male artists
- German male painters
- 19th-century war artists
- German war artists
- 1792 births
- 1871 deaths
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
- German philhellenes
- Burials at the Alter Südfriedhof