Härtl-Kasulke, Claudia. Karl Theodor Piloty (1826-1886): Karl Theodor Pilotys Weg zur Historienmalerei, 1826-1855. Munich: UNI-Druck, 1991 (in German)
Karl von Piloty
Born: Munich, 1 October 1826
Died: Ambach , 21 July 1886
Nationality: German (Bavarian)
Died: Ambach , 21 July 1886
Nationality: German (Bavarian)
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)
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