Gisbert Flüggen

Flüggen Gisbert ( born February 9, 1811 in Cologne, † September 3, 1859 in Munich) was a German painter.

Gisbert Flüggen learned in a Galanteriewarenfabrik in Dusseldorf. Later he turned to the arts and began training in 1833 in Munich. Since 1835, he had his permanent residence there.

His paintings are characterized by technical perfection, grouping and happy life full expression. In the choice of fabrics is reminiscent of Hogarth and Wilkie. As a genre painter he loved like these, the description of the contrasts and conflicts of social life.

Father of Joseph Flüggen, (1842-1906), a painter.

His images include:

• Sunday Afternoon
• The broken marriage contract (of Driendl lithographed )
• The startled servant
• Politicians
• The Chess Players ( by Kohler lithographed )
• The players in the municipal museum in Mainz
• Repeated glad father, three times
• Engagement, The wine tasting ( engraved by Raab )
• The process of deciding the gold broker ( engraved by Geyer )
• The morning kiss

In addition, his usurers and artists, The Orphan, The Convalescent and the singers found on the choir of a local church lively applause. When his masterpieces are the last moments of King Frederick Augustus of Saxony (then acquired by the King of Saxony) and The Erbschleicher ( in the possession of the Museum Hannover).