Sepp Hilz

1906 Bad Aibling – Willing 1967

 

Sepp Hilz was the son of painter and church restorer Georg Hilz. After an artistic apprenticeship in Rosenheim he continued his studies at Munich Arts School (Kunstgewerbeschule) and Moritz Heymann’s private school for graphic art. In 1928, he returned to Bad Aibling where he worked for his father. From 1930 onwards, his genre paintings of peasant life inspired by Wilhelm Leibl turned out as a success. In 1938, he received the Lenbach Award. During the Nazi regime Sepp Hilz benefited from Adolf Hitler’s appreciation of his art. He considered him as one of his favorite artists. A portrait of the Hilz’s wife is in the collection of the Städtische Galerie Munich.