biography
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Cornelius, Peter von
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pronunciation:
[kaw(r)neelius]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1783–1867)
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| biography:
| Painter who influenced the revival of fresco painting in 19th-c Germany, born in Düsseldorf, W Germany. In 1811 he joined a group of painters (the Nazarenes) in Rome, and helped in the decoration of the Casa Bartoldi. He went to Munich in 1819, where he executed the large frescoes of Greek mythology in the Glyptothek and the New Testament frescoes in the Ludwigskirche. In 1841 he became director of the Academy in Berlin. |
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