Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil Explained

Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Birth Date:26 June 1814
Birth Place:Strasbourg, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Education:Académie Suisse
Occupation:Painter
Known For:Stained glass and church decoration

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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