{{Short description|German history painter (1805–1877)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} [[File:Philipp Foltz.jpg|thumb|200px|Philipp Foltz; photograph by
[[Franz Hanfstaengl]]]] [[File:Philipp Foltz Der Abschied König Ottos vom Münchner Hof.jpg|thumb|225px|''King Otto's Farewell'']] ''' Philipp von Foltz''' (11 May 1805 – 5 August 1877) was a German [[history painter]]. == Biography == He was born in [[Bingen am Rhein]]. His father, Ludwig, a painter of some note, gave him his first art lessons. In 1825, he went to Munich, where he was accepted at the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Munich|Academy of Fine Arts]] and studied with [[Peter von Cornelius]]. Soon, he was allowed to assist Cornelius with his [[fresco]]es at the [[Glyptothek]] and the [[Hofgarten (Munich)|Hofgarten]]. Later, he assisted [[Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder]] at the new Royal Palace, creating murals based on the ballads of [[Friedrich Schiller]]. At this time, he also began to create a series of oil paintings on historical subjects; notably one of King [[Otto of Greece|Otto]] saying farewell on his way to Greece. In 1835, he took a study trip to Rome, where he created his monumental painting "Des Sängers Fluch" (The Singer's Curse), based on the poem by [[Ludwig Uhland]]. Upon his return, he was appointed a Professor at the Academy by King [[Maximilian II of Bavaria]]. In thanks, he created two monumental canvases for the [[Maximilianeum]]. Between 1865 and 1875, he served as Director of the Royal Gallery, but was harshly criticized for his methods of restoration, which employed questionable chemical processes developed by [[Max von Pettenkofer]], as well as the [[overpainting]] of some canvases. Despite this, he was elevated to the nobility in 1869. His paintings are historically precise, but are now considered to be rather conservative and [[Academicism|academic]]. Foltz died in Munich in 1877. == Sources == * {{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|7|150|151|Foltz, Philipp|Friedrich Pecht|ADB:Foltz, Philipp}} *{{NIE}} == External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Philipp Foltz}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Foltz, Philipp}} [[Category:19th-century German painters]] [[Category:1805 births]] [[Category:1877 deaths]] [[Category:German history painters]] [[Category:People from Bingen am Rhein]] [[Category:19th-century German male painters]]