Sepp Hilz - the painter of peasants

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Sepp Hilz was born in Northern Bavaria on October 22, 1906. His first teachings came from his father George Hilz, a painter and notable restorer of churches (amongst which were the churches of St. Sebastian, Berbling, Willing, Weihenlinden, Tuntenhausen and Bacherting). After finishing studying at the Volksschule, his father sent him to a school for apprentice painters in Rosenheim where he learnt to copy the works of great German painters, especially those of Dürer,Cranach and Altdorfer. Hilz soon left the school and continued working in his father’s workshop as an apprentice.

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Some of his paintings:
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