Ferdinand Piloty
Appearance
Ferdinand von Piloty II (b. 28 August 1786, Homburg – d. 8 January 1844, Munich) was a German lithographer.[1] He was the father of artist Karl von Piloty.
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Early life and works
[edit]He initially studied painting, but his interests soon switched to lithography. From 1808 to 1815, with Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782–1855), he produced a series of 423 lithographs, titled Les oeuvres lithographiques par Strixner, Piloty et Comp..[2]
From 1836, with Joseph Löhle (1807–1840), he produced a series of copies from the Alte Pinakothek and the Schleissheim Gallery. Following the death of Gottlieb Bodmer in 1837, Piloty and Löhle continued publication of his works.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ James Louis Garvin; Franklin Henry Hooper; Warren E. Cox (1929). The Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17. Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited. p. 931.
- ^ ADB:Piloty, Ferdinand (Lithograph) In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, S. 140–148.
- ^ Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical, Volume 2 by Michael Bryan