Johann Heinrich Gillessen
Johann Heinrich Gillessen (born November 26, 1910 in Mönchengladbach ; † 1997 in Blankenheim (Ahr) ) was a German painter and art teacher.
Gillessen studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He lived u. a. in Neuss and since 1974 in Blankenheim-Nonnenbach .
Gillessen was the initiator of the Mönchengladbach art community Die Planke and embodies the Lower Rhine landscape painter in the tradition of Pre- and Early Impressionism.
literature
- Johann Heinrich Gillessen . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 54, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22794-3 , p. 174.
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| SURNAME | Gillessen, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1997 |
| Place of death | Blankenheim (Ahr) |