Heinrich Anton von Angeli (July 8, 1840, – October 21, 1925) was an Austrian historian and portrait painter.

Life

The Angeli family was originally from

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and was ennobled by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II in 1565.Braun-Ronsdorf (1953), p. 288 Angeli was born in 1840 in Ödenburg, then part of the Austrian empire, now known as

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in Hungary. He studied at the

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, the

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, and in Munich, before moving back to Vienna in 1862. From 1870 he travelled between Berlin, London, and Vienna, producing portraits. The success of Angeli at painting society portraits was partly due to his skill in depicting uniforms, pearls, and other jewels. As well as royal figures and politicians, he painted other notable people, such as the German chemist

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. In 1877, Buckingham Palace invited

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to have his portrait painted by Angeli. Angeli's works included portraits of

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, her eldest daughter

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, Lord Kitchener, and two portraits of

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. Several Angeli's his works are in the British

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, including portraits of members of the British, German, and Russian royal and imperial families. His work is also in the

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and the

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. In 1915 Angeli was appointed to the German Order

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. He died in

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in 1925.

References

Bibliography

* Constantin von Wurzbach: "Angeli, Heinrich von" in ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. Vol 11, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1864, p. 354
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* Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf: "Angeli, Heinrich von" in ''Neue Deutsche Biographie''. Vol 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, , p. 288

* "Angeli Heinrich von" in ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950''. Vol 1. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 22.
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* Elisabeth Newzella, ''Nicht so ernst, Majestät – Anekdoten aus dem Leben des Wiener Fürstenmalers Heinrich von Angeli'', Verlag für Sammler, Graz 1990. * "Angeli, Heinrich von". In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Eds.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.1: Aa–Antonio de Miraguel. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, pg.496
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Portrait on a 1975 engraved stamp of Austria {{DEFAULTSORT:Angeli, Heinrich von 1840 births 1925 deaths Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Austrian male artists People from Sopron