Wilhelm Heinrich Schlesinger

Wilhelm Heinrich Schlesinger (also Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger, born August 6, 1814 in Frankfurt am Main , † February 21, 1893 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a German portrait and genre painter . In addition to oil painting , he was engaged in watercolor painting and miniature painting on ivory .

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Schlesinger studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and initially worked in Vienna. Then he moved to Paris. In the period from 1840 to 1889 he showed his works in the Salon de Paris . In Istanbul in 1837 he portrayed Sultan Mahmud II. From 1870–1871 he lived in London .

Schlesinger was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1866 and received French citizenship in 1870.

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Works (selection)

Abandoned Woman (1863)
Madonna Festival
The five senses (acquired from Emperor Napoleon III)
The Reading (1866)
The kidnapped child
Alone in the studio (1868)
The good friends
The ungodly (1873)
The dovecote
The double detention
Portrait of the art dealer Dominik Artaria

literature

Schlesinger, Wilhelm Heinrich . In: Arvid Ahnfelt (Hrsg.): Europe's constituent: alfabetiskt ordade biografier öfver vårt århundrades förnämsta artister . Oskar L. Lamms Förlag, Stockholm 1887, p. 520-521 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Adolf Kohut: Wilhelm Heinrich Schlesinger . In: Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Mankind - Life and Character Images from the Past and the Present . tape 1 . AH Payne, Leipzig-Reudnitz 1900, p. 301-302 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Schlesinger, Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 105 .
Schlesinger, Heinrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 9, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22749-3 , p. 8.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Heinrich Schlesinger - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Henry Guillaume Schlesinger (French, 1814-1893). artnet.de
biography

Individual evidence

^ Base Léonore database of the French Ministry of Culture , records of members of the Legion of Honor
↑ Schlesinger, Wilhelm Heinrich . In: Exhibition of German art from the period 1775–1875 in the Royal National Gallery, Berlin . Catalog of the paintings. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1906, p. 486-487 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schlesinger, Wilhelm Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlesinger, Henri-Guillaume
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-French portrait and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 1893
Place of death	Neuilly-sur-Seine

[1] Base Léonore database of the French Ministry of Culture , records of members of the Legion of Honor

[2] Schlesinger, Wilhelm Heinrich . In: Exhibition of German art from the period 1775–1875 in the Royal National Gallery, Berlin . Catalog of the paintings. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1906, p. 486-487 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).