Emil Dill (15 April 1861,

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- 23 May 1938,

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) was a Swiss painter,

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and art teacher.

Biography

He was born to a family of merchants. He began his training in 1877 at the (a type of trade school) in

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. The following year, he learned pattern drawing at Baur & Sohn, a strap and ribbon manufacturer, headquartered in

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. While there, Fritz Schider, a local drawing teacher, noticed his talent. From 1881 to 1883, he studied at the

State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (German: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart) is a university in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded on 25 June 1761, and located since 1946 on the Weißenhof, the Academy, whose historical si ...

, then transferred to the

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, where he studied with

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. In 1885, he and his friend,

Emil Beurmann Emil Beurmann (14 March 1862 – 5 February 1951) was a Swiss painter, writer and poet. Life Beurmann was born and grew up in Basel. From an early age he was writing (both prose and poetry) and painting. He undertook an apprenticeship as ...

, set out for Paris to enroll at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the numbe ...

, where they planned to study with

William-Adolphe Bouguereau William-Adolphe Bouguereau (; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female ...

and

Tony Robert-Fleury Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students. Biography He was born just outside Paris, and st ...

. On the advice of

Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin S ...

, Dill continued his education at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

, where he worked with

Ludwig von Löfftz Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter. Biography He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of F ...

. He was there from 1887 to 1888. He became an illustrator for the ''

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'', a satirical magazine, in 1890. After a stay in Basel, he returned to Munich in 1892, where he studied architecture and structural engineering at the Königlich Bayerischen Technischen Hochschule. Two years later, he and his friend, Albert Fierz (1861-?), opened an art school in Zürich, but a year later he obtained a professorship at the gymnasium in

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. He taught drawing, calligraphy and mathematics there until 1935, when he resigned. In 1897, he married Marie Bohny, who often served as his model. They had two daughters. He became a member of the "Künstlervereinigung Zürich" (an artists' association) in 1901 and, in 1902, was awarded a gold medal at the Glaspalast in Munich. From 1903 to 1906, he wrote and published a treatise ''On the Development of the Fine Arts''. In 1937, he and his family moved to Liestal, where he died the following year.

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