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1894 Rheydt, Germany - 1961 Essen, Germany. Known for: Painting.
Werner Gilles was born in 1894 in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach. After World War I, Gilles became a student of Walther Klemm's at the "Weimarer Akademie", but in 1919 he transferred to the newly... Read full biography
Werner Gilles was born in 1894 in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach. After World War I, Gilles became a student of Walther Klemm's at the "Weimarer Akademie", but in 1919 he transferred to the newly founded "Bauhaus", where he attended Lyonel Feininger's class. Until 1923 the artist remained registered... Read full biography
Werner Gilles was born in 1894 in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach. After World War I, Gilles became a student of Walther Klemm's at the "Weimarer Akademie", but in 1919 he transferred to the newly founded "Bauhaus", where he attended Lyonel Feininger's class. Until 1923 the artist remained registered at this art and design school. During this time, Werner Gilles was friends with Gerhard Marcks and Oskar Schlemmer. In 1921-22 Gilles decided to travel to Italy for the first time. Werner Gilles... Read full biography
Werner Gilles was born in 1894 in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach. After World War I, Gilles became a student of Walther Klemm's at the "Weimarer Akademie", but in 1919 he transferred to the newly founded "Bauhaus", where he attended Lyonel Feininger's class. Until 1923 the artist remained registered at this art and design school. During this time, Werner Gilles was friends with Gerhard Marcks and Oskar Schlemmer. In 1921-22 Gilles decided to travel to Italy for the first time. Werner Gilles post-graduate life was marked by continuous moves: Between 1925 and 1930, after a further trip to Italy, he stayed in Düsseldorf, Paris and Berlin. During his first trip to the Italian island of Ischia in 1932, Gilles discovered the things that inspired... Read full biography
Werner Gilles was born in 1894 in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach. After World War I, Gilles became a student of Walther Klemm's at the "Weimarer Akademie", but in 1919 he transferred to the newly founded "Bauhaus", where he attended Lyonel Feininger's class. Until 1923 the artist remained registered at this art and design school. During this time, Werner Gilles was friends with Gerhard Marcks and Oskar Schlemmer. In 1921-22 Gilles decided to travel to Italy for the first time. Werner Gilles post-graduate life was marked by continuous moves: Between 1925 and 1930, after a further trip to Italy, he stayed in Düsseldorf, Paris and Berlin. During his first trip to the Italian island of Ischia in 1932, Gilles discovered the things that inspired his imagination for painting: the unification of antique Paganism and western Christianity of past and present.&... Read full biography
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