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| Born | (1792-07-29)29 July 1792 |
| Died | 4 April 1871(1871-04-04) (aged 78) |
| Known for | Painting |
Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess (29 July 1792 – 4 April 1871) was a German painter, known for historic paintings, especially of theNapoleonic Wars and theGreek War of Independence.
Peter von Hess initially received training from his fatherCarl Ernst Christoph Hess. He accompanied his younger brotherHeinrich Maria to Munich in 1806, and enrolled at theMunich Academy at the age of sixteen. He also trained underWilhelm von Kobell.
During theNapoleonic Wars, he was allowed to join the staff of GeneralWrede, who commanded theBavarians in the military operations which led to the abdication ofNapoleon. There he gained novel experiences of war and a taste for extensive travel. During this time, von Hess painted his first battle pieces.[1] In 1818, he spent some time inItaly where he painted landscapes and various Italian scenes and travelled to Naples withJoseph Petzl and a group of other Bavarian artists.
In 1833, at KingLudwig I of Bavaria's request, he accompaniedOtto of Greece to the newly formed Kingdom of Greece, where atAthens he gathered materials for pictures of the war of liberation. The sketches which he then made were placed, forty in number, in thePinakothek, after being copied in wax on a large scale byNilsen, in the northern arcades of theHofgarten at Munich.[1]King Otho's entrance intoNauplia was the subject of a large and crowded canvas now in the Pinakothek, which Hess executed in person.
Peter von Hess' work has been evaluated positively for its execution but some have questioned its boldness and congeniality.[1]
He is buried in theAlter Südfriedhof inMunich.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hess".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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