Wilhelm Leibl
(1844–1900) German artist (1844–1900)
Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Wilhelm Leibl belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Wilhelm Leibl was born in Cologne and died in Würzburg. Wilhelm Leibl trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium. The teachers included Hermann Heinrich Becker, Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, and Arthur von Ramberg. Wikidata associates Wilhelm Leibl with French Realism. Wilhelm Leibl became a member of Leibl-Kreis. The students included Harry Schultz.
The best-known works include ‘Three Women in Church’, ‘Portrait of Mrs Gedon’, ‘Mädchen mit der Nelke’, and ‘Bildnisstudie eines jungen bärtigen Mannes’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 46 works by Wilhelm Leibl with free images. The dated works span the years 1860–1899. Works by Wilhelm Leibl are held by several collections, among them Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, and Alte Nationalgalerie. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Syrius Eberle, Marian Emma Chase, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, Henri Zuber, and Albert Neuhuys.