Heinrich Zille

(German, 1858–1929)

Heinrich Zille was a popular German illustrator and photographer known for his satirical and humorous drawings of working-class Berlin citizens. Born on January 10, 1858 in Radeburg, Germany, in 1887 his family moved to Berlin where he began an apprenticeship as a lithographer. When he lost his job in 1910, the well-known German Impressionist painter Max Liebermann encouraged Zille to make a living from his drawings alone, which he had already been publishing in Simplicissimus, Berlin’s satirical weekly newspaper. His fame peaked towards the end of his life in the 1920s, during the “golden age” of the Weimar Republic: in 1921, the National Gallery of London acquired a selection of his drawings, and in 1924 he was awarded with a professorship by the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. In 1928, Zille’s 70th birthday was celebrated throughout Berlin, and he died the following year on August 9, 1929.

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Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art

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August Gaul, Käthe Kollwitz, Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt, Emil Rudolf Weiss

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Two Women with Child (w/study of same..., 1910–1920

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Two Women with Child (w/study of same..., 1910–1920

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Sunday Family Time, 1910–1920

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Sunday Family Time, 1910–1920

Sale Date: April 11, 2014

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Étude de jeunes garçons

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Étude de jeunes garçons

Sale Date: March 24, 2014

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Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder (bk w/48 works,

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Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder (bk w/48 works,

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Seated Girl (+ Head of a Man; 2 works), 1903

Heinrich Zille

Seated Girl (+ Head of a Man; 2 works), 1903

Sale Date: March 1, 2014

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Figures of Berlin (Three), 1903

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Figures of Berlin (Three), 1903

Sale Date: March 1, 2014

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Die Landpartie (portfolio of 8), 1920

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Die Landpartie (portfolio of 8), 1920

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder (bk w/49..., 1919

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Zwanglose Geschichten und Bilder (bk w/49..., 1919

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Unterhaltung am Karrenhandel

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Unterhaltung am Karrenhandel

Sale Date: December 3, 2013

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Tiergartenmischung, 1912

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Tiergartenmischung, 1912

Sale Date: December 3, 2013

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S'dunkle Berlin u. Die Entbindung (2 works)

Heinrich Zille

S'dunkle Berlin u. Die Entbindung (2 works)

Sale Date: November 29, 2013

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Die Stütze, 1921

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Die Stütze, 1921

Sale Date: December 6, 2013

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Bertha, du bist ne Noble, du hast Pferd und..., 1923

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Bertha, du bist ne Noble, du hast Pferd und..., 1923

Sale Date: December 6, 2013

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Beach, 1920

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Beach, 1920

Sale Date: November 29, 2013

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Kartoffelstehen, 1916

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Kartoffelstehen, 1916

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Sitzende Dame mit Hut (+ Stehende Dame im langen

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Sitzende Dame mit Hut (+ Stehende Dame im langen

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Stehende Dame im Profil

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Stehende Dame im Profil

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Auf einem Stuhl sitzende Dame mit Hut

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Auf einem Stuhl sitzende Dame mit Hut

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Schwangere Mutter mit drei Kindern

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Schwangere Mutter mit drei Kindern

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Spazierendes Paar mit Hund

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Spazierendes Paar mit Hund

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Ein neuer Rautenberg!, 1909

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Ein neuer Rautenberg!, 1909

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Vor dem Weihnachtsladen, 1924–1925

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Vor dem Weihnachtsladen, 1924–1925

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Weihnachtsstimmung (+ another; 2 works), 1905

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Weihnachtsstimmung (+ another; 2 works), 1905

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Vorstadt-Tingel-Tangel, 1903

Heinrich Zille

Vorstadt-Tingel-Tangel, 1903

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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