Heinrich Zille

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Heinrich Zille


Born
in Radeburg, Germany
January 10, 1858

Died
August 09, 1929

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Rudolf Heinrich Zille (January 10, 1858 - August 9, 1929), German illustrator and photographer, was born in Radeburg near Dresden, as the son of watchmaker Johann Traugott Zill (Zille since 1854) and Ernestine Louise (born Heinitz). In 1867, his family moved to Berlin, where he finished school in 1872 and started an apprenticeship as a lithographer. In 1883, he married Hulda Frieske, with whom he had three children. She died in 1919.

Zille became best known for his (often funny) drawings, catching the characteristics of people, especially "stereotypes", mainly from Berlin and many of them published in the German weekly satirical newspaper Simplicissimus. He was the first to portray the desperate social environment of the Berlin Mietskasernen
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Average rating: 4.17 · 52 ratings · 10 reviews · 82 distinct works
Berliner Geschichten und Bi...

4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Hurengespräche

4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1921 — 2 editions
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Mein Milljöh

4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997
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Berlin 1890-1910: Photograp...

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Das Zille-Album

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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Hurengespräche (Illustriert...

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Heinrich Zille old version ...

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Das kleine Zille-Buch

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1969 — 4 editions
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Hurengespräche (mit Illustr...

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Zille-Bilder

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“How marvelous it is to do nothing and then relax from doing nothing.”
Heinrich Zille