Dietrich Heinrich Maria Monten (1799 - 1843)
1799-09-18Düsseldorf, Germany1843-12-13Munich, GermanyGermany
Dietrich Heinrich Maria Monten
Dietrich Heinrich Maria Monten was a German painter and lithographer.
Dietrich studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He mastered various techniques and took on any genre, but his main subjects were historical, battle and genre themes. He created many large-scale works on important historical events. During his lifetime, Dietrich Monten, together with his colleague Heinrich Ambros Eckert (1807-1840) and others, published more than 1,000 illustrations of the uniforms of European armies in the form of color lithographs collected in separate volumes.
Date and place of birt: | 18 september 1799, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 13 december 1843, Munich, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Batalist, Engraver, Graphic artist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art, History painting, Military art, Portrait |
Art style: | Realism |
Technique: | Etching, Fresco, Grisaille, Lithography, Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor |