Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (born July 26, 1814 in Strasbourg , † May 16, 1885 in Paris ) was a French painter .
Steinheil studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris before exhibiting for the first time at the Salon de 1836 in Paris. He worked with Viollet-le-Duc and participated in the restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral and the windows of the Sainte-Chapelle in the 1940s and 50s. The east window in the choir apex chapel of St. Corentin's Cathedral in Quimper bears its signature: "1868 Paris Peintre Steinheil". He also worked as a fresco painter.
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| SURNAME | Steinheil, Louis Charles Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1885 |
| Place of death | Paris |