Johann Georg Von Dillis

Place: Gmain

Born: 1759

Death: 1841

Biography:

Johann Georg von Dillis (26 December 1759, in Gmain – 28 September 1841, in Munich) was a German painter. Son of a gamekeeper and forester, he was educated in Munich with support from the prince-elector of Bavaria. Initially he was trained for the priesthood, but by 1786 his real interest, art, was beginning to be developed, and he taught drawing b...