Emil Dill
Emil Dill (born April 15, 1861 in Pratteln , † May 23, 1938 in Liestal ) was a Swiss painter , watercolorist and art teacher .
Life
Emil Dill began his training in 1877 at the trade school in Basel , in 1878 he learned how to draw patterns in the Baur & Son tape factory. From 1881 he studied at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart and from 1883 at the Grand Ducal Baden Art School in Karlsruhe with Ferdinand Keller .
In 1885 he came to Paris with Emil Beurmann to study at the Académie Julian a . a. to study with William Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury . On the advice of Lovis Corinth , he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich from April 24, 1887 to 1888 with Ludwig von Löfftz . In Munich he met Cuno Amiet , Hans Emmenegger and Giovanni Giacometti .
In 1890 he became an employee of Nebelspalters .
After a stay in Basel, he returned to Munich in 1892 to study art history, architecture and building construction at the Royal Bavarian Technical University . In 1894 he opened a painting school together with Albert Fierz in Zurich , but in 1895 he was appointed professor at the Canton School of Zug . Until 1935 he taught drawing, calligraphy and mathematics.
In 1897 Emil Dill married Marie Bohny from Liestal in 1897 and had two daughters: Pia (* 1899) and Margarethe (* 1900). In 1901 he became a member of the Zurich Artists' Association. In 1902 he was awarded a gold medal at the art exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace .
In 1937 the Dill family moved to Liestal, where the artist died a year later.
literature
- Georg M. Hilbi: Emil Dill (1861-1938) . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-0340-1275-1
- Georg M. Hilbi: Emil Dill. The artist as chronicler and illustrator . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1351-2
- Dill, Emil . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 290 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Matriculation Book Academy Munich
- Sikart
- Biography Zug Art
- Emil Dill in the German biography
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Emil Dill. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Lexicon of persons
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dill, Emil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, watercolorist and art teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1861 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pratteln |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1938 |
Place of death | Liestal |