Leon Pohle

Oskar Zwintscher is recorded as having studied under Leon Pohle. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Positions recorded include Geheimrat. Work by Leon Pohle is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Alte Nationalgalerie, Museum of City History Leipzig and Galerie Neue Meister.

• Name — Friedrich Leon Pohle • Born — 1 December 1841 • Birthplace — Leipzig, Germany • Died — 27 February 1908 • Place of death — Dresden • Education — Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School • Known for — Portraits, History Painting • Awards — Several gold medals at local exhibitions • Memorials — Leon-Pohle-Straße named after him in Dresden • Illustration — Portrait of Heinrich Gustav von Beck (1854-1933), Oberbürgermeister of Chemnitz

Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen years old. In 1860, he became a student of Jozef Van Lerius in Antwerp. After returning to Germany he went to Weimar, where he studied under Ferdinand Pauwels at the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School. In 1866, he returned to his home town, although he went on several study trips. He settled down as a free-lance painter in Weimar in 1868. Pohle's early work tended to be genre pieces and rather derivative. He later developed his own style in the field of history painting. He became a teacher at the Dresden Academy in 1877 and, later, a Professor. It was there that he made his name as a portraitist. Among his best known portraits are those of his fellow artists Ludwig Richter, Carl Gottlieb Peschel and Ernst Hähnel. He won several gold medals at local exhibitions. Osmar Schindler was one of his students. A street in Dresden has been named the "Leon-Pohle-Straße" in his honor.