Christian Friedrich Gille
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Christian Friedrich Gille (born March 20, 1805 in Ballenstedt am Harz; † July 9, 1899 in Wahn near Dresden) was a German painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer.
Gille studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts first Landscape engraving at Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel, then Oil Painting, 1827-1830 as a student of Johan Christian Clausen Dahl. He then worked as a painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer in Dresden. From 1830 to 1833 he worked as an engraver for the Saxon Art Association.
As a landscape painter (first works from 1829 more from 1850) he gained a reputation as a German Corot. His work is characterized by a broad and powerful brush stroke. In his paintings, he showes daily situations. Gille lived in Dresden but spent since 1880 part of the year in Wahnsdorf, where he mentally deranged, died. Due his nature studies impressionistic images were ahead of their time Gilles work was honored posthumously.
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