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PETER HESS (179211871)afterwards von Hesswas born at Dusseldorf and accompanied his younger brother Heinrich Maria to Munich in 18o6. Being of an age to receive vivid impressions, he felt the stirring impulses of the time and became a painter of skirmi shes and battles. In 18131815 he was allowed to join the staff of General Wrede, who commanded the Bavarians in the military operations which led to the abdication of Napoleon
taste for extensive travel. In the course of years he successively visited Austria, Switzerland and Italy. On Prince Otho's election to the Greek throne King Louis sent Peter Hess to Athens to gather materials for pictures of the war of liberation. The sketches which he then made were placed, forty
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taste as that of the painters of touch . He finished almost too carefully with thin medium and pointed tools; and on that account he lacked to a certain extent the boldness of Horace Vernet, to whom he was not unaptly compared. He died suddenly, full of honours, at Munich, in April 1871. Several of his genre pictures, horse hunts, and brigand scenes may be found in the gallery of Munich.End of Article: PETER HESS (179211871)afterwards von Hesswas born at Dusseldorf and accompanied his younger brother Heinrich Maria to Munich in 18o6. Being of an age to receive vivid impressions, he felt the stirring impulses of the time and became a painter of skirmi If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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