Ferdinand Piloty (Krishna Mishra Akbarpur Kanpur Dehat, in Homburg – Krishna Mishra Akbarpur Kanpur Dehat, in

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) was a German

lithograph Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

er. He was the father of genre artist

Karl von Piloty Karl Theodor von Piloty (1 October 1826 – 21 July 1886) was a German painter, noted for his historical subjects, and recognised as the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany. Life and work Piloty was born in Munich. His fat ...

Early life and works

He initially studied painting, but his interests soon switched to lithography. From 1808 to 1815, with Johann Nepomuk Strixner (1782–1855), he produced a series of 423 lithographs, titled ''Les oeuvres lithographiques par Strixner, Piloty et Comp.''. From 1836, with Joseph Löhle (1807–1840), he produced a series of copies from the

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and the Schleissheim Gallery. Following the death of Gottlieb Bodmer in 1837, Piloty and Löhle continued publication of his works.Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical, Volume 2
by Michael Bryan

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1786 births 1844 deaths German printmakers German lithographers People from Homburg, Saarland {{printmaker-stub