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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
The Writer Karl Spindler, 1830
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Karl Spindler was one of the most widely read German popular writers of his time. In a self-confident, theatrical pose, Winterhalter pays homage to the writer who was born in Breslau. Even in this early painting, his deployment of colour masterfully focuses our attention on the writer’s face and hand.
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Winterhalter, Franz Xaver: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873) :. portraits de cour, entre faste et élégance /. Paris 2016, S. 239 pages ;.
Helga Kessler Aurisch, Laure Chabanne, Tilmann von Stockhausen, Mirja Straub ; with essays by Helga: High Society. the portraits of Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Stuttgart [2015].