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Joseph Karl Stieler

1781 - 1858

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Joseph Karl Stieler (1 November 1781 – 9 April 1858) was a German painter. From 1820 until 1855 he worked as royal court painter for the Bavarian kings. He is known for his Neoclassical portraits, especially for the Gallery of Beauties at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, as well as his emblematic portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, which has become one of his most famous works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Karl Stieler is the 375th most popular painter (down from 351st in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from Germany (down from 976th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joseph Karl Stieler ranks 375 out of 2,023. Before him are Karel Appel, Christian Krohg, Sesshū Tōyō, Jean-Marc Nattier, Anna Ancher, and Alexander Roslin. After him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Lucio Fontana, Carlo Carrà, Dosso Dossi, William Holman Hunt, and Albert Edelfelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Joseph Karl Stieler ranks 15. Before him are David Brewster, Stamford Raffles, William I of Württemberg, Achim von Arnim, Anton Diabelli, and Frederica of Baden. After him are Mauro Giuliani, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, William Wyatt Bibb, Johann Baptist von Spix, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, and Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana. Among people deceased in 1858, Joseph Karl Stieler ranks 15. Before him are Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, Anton Diabelli, Aimé Bonpland, and Dred Scott. After him are Ary Scheffer, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Nimatullah Kassab, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Mosander, and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Karl Stieler ranks 1,030 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Günther Lütjens (1889), Joseph Wirth (1879), Günther Prien (1908), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), and Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940). After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), and Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Joseph Karl Stieler ranks 33. Before him are Carl Spitzweg (1808), Max Beckmann (1884), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), and Philipp Otto Runge (1777). After him are Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), Konrad Witz (1400), Georg Baselitz (1938), and Oskar Schlemmer (1888).

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