Karl von Piloty

Born: Munich, 1 October 1826

Died: Ambach , 21 July 1886

Nationality: German (Bavarian)


Works by this Artist

Seni by the Corpse of Wallenstein
Karl von Piloty, 1855

Background

son of lithographer Ferdinand Piloty

Studies

with father; at Munich Academy (Akademie der Bildenden Künste, 1831-40); with Nazarene Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1840-44 and 1846)

Career

1856 – appointed professor at Munich Academy

1860 – ennobled

1874 – appointed director of Munich Academy

Students

Hans Makart, Franz von Defregger, and Franz von Lenbach

Important Artworks

Thusnelda in the Triumphal Procession of Germanicus, 1875 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Readings

Härtl-Kasulke, Claudia. Karl Theodor Piloty (1826-1886): Karl Theodor Pilotys Weg zur Historienmalerei, 1826-1855. Munich: UNI-Druck, 1991 (in German)

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