About Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Lived 1814 – 1885 (aged 70). Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil was a French painter, stained-glass artist, ceramicist and illustrator.
Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (born Strasbourg, 26 June 1814; died Paris, 17 May 1885) was a French painter.
Biography Louis Steinheil studied with Henri Decaisne and painted in nearly every medium, but gave special attention to glass painting and church decoration. Among his works are Saint Philomela (1841); Mother (1847), Nantes Museum. He and Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle were commissioned to paint the chapel of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, consecrated in September 1865, which was built for the Empress Eugénie beside her Villa Eugénie in Biarritz. In 1876 he was commissioned to execute frescoes in the Strasbourg Cathedral.
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French painter (1814-1885)
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Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil was born on 26 July 1814 in Strasbourg.
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Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil died on 16 May 1885 in Paris.
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Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil was a painter, stained-glass artist, ceramicist and illustrator.
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Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil was French.
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