Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil

Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (born Strasbourg, 26 June 1814; died Paris, 17 May 1885) was a French painter.

Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Born(1814-06-26)26 June 1814
Strasbourg, France
Died17 May 1885(1885-05-17) (aged 70)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationPainter
Known forStained glass and church decoration
Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Bayonne: Chapelle Saint-Pierre.

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.[1] 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.[2] In 1876 he was commissioned to execute frescoes in the Strasbourg Cathedral.[1]

Notes
  1. Steinheil, Louis Charles August: Americana.
  2. Granger 2005, p. 237.

References
  • Granger, Catherine (2005). L'Empereur et les arts: la liste civile de Napoléon III. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-900791-71-4. Retrieved 2013-06-11.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Steinheil, Louis Charles August" . Encyclopedia Americana.


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