Wilhelm Joseph Heines (1813 - 1839)

Wilhelm Joseph Heines

Wilhelm Joseph Heine was a German genre painter of the Düsseldorf School. Heine may have lived in Bremen and studied painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1827 to 1837. He is one of the painters who developed genre painting as "free art", thereby expressing their interest in the political, social and economic processes of their time and taking a committed stand (tendency painting).

Date and place of birt:	18 april 1813, Düsseldorf, Germany
Date and place of death:	29 june 1839, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality:	Germany
Period of activity:	XIX century
Specialization:	Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist
Art school / group:	Düsseldorf school of painting
Genre:	Genre art, Portrait, Self-portrait
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Oil, Oil on canvas