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

Related Artists

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

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Fünf Kinder auf einer Bank, pl. 35 (from..., 1924

Heinrich Zille

Fünf Kinder auf einer Bank, pl. 35 (from..., 1924

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Bei Tübbecke in Stralow 1875, pl. 17 (from..., 1919

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Bei Tübbecke in Stralow 1875, pl. 17 (from..., 1919

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Weihnachtsstimmung, pl. 11 (from Zwölf..., 1905

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Weihnachtsstimmung, pl. 11 (from Zwölf..., 1905

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Kaisers Geburtstag, 1899

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Kaisers Geburtstag, 1899

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Mutter mit Kind, 1900–1927

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Mutter mit Kind, 1900–1927

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Frau mit Hut, 1905

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Frau mit Hut, 1905

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Frau mit Cape, 1890–1927

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Frau mit Cape, 1890–1927

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Laufender Knabe mit Frack, 1919

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Laufender Knabe mit Frack, 1919

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Schwangere Frau im Profil

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Schwangere Frau im Profil

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Laß man, Mieze, du wirst ooch noch..., 1903–1905

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Laß man, Mieze, du wirst ooch noch..., 1903–1905

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Zwei Bäuerinnen am Wegesrand

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Zwei Bäuerinnen am Wegesrand

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Maxe - du loofst ja wie'n Siebenmonatskind!

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Maxe - du loofst ja wie'n Siebenmonatskind!

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Sitzende junge Frau (+ charcoal sketch, verso)

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Sitzende junge Frau (+ charcoal sketch, verso)

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Im großen Schwurgerichtssaal

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Im großen Schwurgerichtssaal

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Frau mit Korb weggehend

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Frau mit Korb weggehend

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Raucher mit Mädchen

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Raucher mit Mädchen

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Zeitungslesender Mann mit Hut, Brille und Zigarre

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Zeitungslesender Mann mit Hut, Brille und Zigarre

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Frau mit Federhut

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Frau mit Federhut

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Schwangere mit kleinem Kind

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Schwangere mit kleinem Kind

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Wenn de een fährst, is ooch jenug! Laß man..., 1905

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Wenn de een fährst, is ooch jenug! Laß man..., 1905

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Rockraffende Frau mit Hut von hinten (+ 2...

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Rockraffende Frau mit Hut von hinten (+ 2...

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Sitzende Frau mit Korb, 1920

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Sitzende Frau mit Korb, 1920

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Bettlerin mit Kind

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Bettlerin mit Kind

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Mutter mit Kind auf dem Arm

Heinrich Zille

Mutter mit Kind auf dem Arm

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