Feodor Dietz (29 May 1813 – 18 November 1870) was a German historical and battle painter.

Biography

He was born in Neunstetten,

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. He studied in

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and Rudolf Kuntz, and while there was greatly influenced by Feodor Ivanovitch. He also studied under Philipp von Foltz at the Munich Academy, and aided the latter in the decoration of the royal palace. In 1835, he executed his ''Death of Max Piccolomini'', now in the Karlsruhe Gallery, which brought him considerable fame. He spent three years in Paris, coming under the influence of

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and studying for a short time under Alaux. He received the gold medal in the Salon of 1839. He was appointed court painter at Karlsruhe, but moved to Munich. He took part as a volunteer in the

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of 1848, and in 1862 was appointed professor of the newly founded School of Arts at Karlsruhe. He entered the army in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War, and died in the service in Gray, France.

Works

*''Nocturnal Review'' (1853), acquired by

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. *''Destruction of Heidelberg by General Mélac'' (1856), in the Karlsruhe Gallery *''Flight of an American Family Across the Susquehanna'', a romantic genre piece, Paris Exposition, 1867 *''Blücher's March to Paris'' (1868), in the Berlin National Gallery

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* * 1813 births 1870 deaths People from Hohenlohe (district) 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters People from the Grand Duchy of Baden Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni {{Germany-painter-stub

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