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Theodor Leopold Weller

Theodor Leopold Weller (1802 - 1880) was active/lived in Germany, Italy.  Theodor Weller is known for Meticulous genre and figure painting.

Theodor Leopold Weller (29 May 1802 in Mannheim - 10 December 1880 in Mannheim) was a German genre painter and a major representative of the Munich School.

He was the second son of a Chancery Councillor, who originally wanted him to pursue a legal career, but he displayed an early aptitude for painting.

In 1818, he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, under Johann Peter von Langer [de], the first Director. While there, he met Peter von Cornelius, who Crown Prince Ludwig von Bayern had brought there to work on the Glyptothek. However, Weller decided that he was more interested in daily life and nature than grand panoramas.

For his detailed and meticulous painting technique, he took Peter von Hess as a model. He travelled to Rome in 1825 with his friend, the landscape painter Ernst Fries and was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca.

While there, he hiked throughout Italy, as far as Naples.

In 1833, he returned to Mannheim. I   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1492 characters.]  Artist bio

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