Heinrich Franz Carl Billotte (1801 - 1892)
1801-01-28Aachen, Germany1892-04-25Aachen, GermanyGermany
Heinrich Franz Carl Billotte
Heinrich Franz Carl Billotte was a German portrait painter of the 19th century. Billotte's oeuvre combined different styles of his era: elements of the Romantic, the Nazarene, the Biedermeier and the late Romantic.century. His most important works are the portraits of the Aachen print manufacturer Henry Joseph Napoléon Lambertz and his wife Pauline. Billotte's early work, a portrait of his wife Johanna, is a Romantic and Biedermeier painting. His repertoire as an artist includes colored photographs, landscape paintings, still lifes, photocopies and lithographs. In addition to the portraits, his oeuvre includes a family portrait of his own family. In the style of the Düsseldorf school of painting, he painted his version of a "Sappho" around 1830. Billotte made his oil paintings both in portrait sessions and from photographs taken by his son Carl. The method of painting from photographs was in the 19th century.Date and place of birt: | 28 january 1801, Aachen, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 25 april 1892, Aachen, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Art school / group: | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Genre: | Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
Art style: | Realism, Romanticism, Biedermeier |
Technique: | Hand graphic, Oil |