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Heinrich Zille (1858–1929), born in Radeburg and deceased in Berlin, was a German draughtsman, lithographer and photographer. His family moved to Berlin in 1867. He trained in lithography while attending evening classes with Theodor Hosemann. Employed by the Photographische Gesellschaft from 1877, he became an independent artist after his dismissal in 1907. He joined the Berlin Secession in 1903.
His drawings observe working-class neighbourhoods, street children and the living conditions of Berlin's proletariat. Humour, empathy and social criticism combine in scenes published in magazines including Simplicissimus and in the volumes Kinder der Straße and Mein Milljöh. In 1924 he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts. His photographic work, long less familiar, complements this attentive engagement with urban life and the people around him.
This profile brings together identity references for Генрих Цилле and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Schuler · Lempertz
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Pastel
Rückseite eines Mädchens
pastel
Catalogue period : 2026-03-23
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–400
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aquarellierte Federzeichnungen über Bleistift
Catalogue period : 2025-05-09
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 24000
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Pencil on paper
Paar
Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2023-06-19
Published result : 200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–400
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Pen-and-ink drawing
Standesamt
Tuschfederzeichnung
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 15000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 15000
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Farbkreidezeichnung auf festem chamoisfarbenen Papier
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 13750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 14000
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Indian ink
Zwei Männer.
Tusche
Catalogue period : 2019-11-06
Published result : 200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 450
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