Friedrich Gilly (1772–1800)

Prodigy architect who died at 28, but not before teaching the great Schinkel and dreaming up visionary monuments.

ABOUT

Friedrich David Gilly (16 February 1772 – 3 August 1800) was a German architect and the son of the architect David Gilly. His works are influenced by revolutionary architecture (Revolutionsarchitektur). Born in Altdamm, Pomerania, (today Dąbie, district of Szczecin, Poland), Gilly was known as a prodigy and the teacher of the young Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In 1788 he enrolled at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Berlin. His teachers in architecture were Friedrich Becherer…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Sammlung von Aufsätzen und Nachrichten, die Baukunst betreffend. Erster Band 1800, Zweiter Band 1799 1799 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Stool (tabouret) 1800 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Johann Gottfried SchadowGerman Neoclassicism Claude Nicolas LedouxFrench Revolutionary Architecture

Influenced

Karl Friedrich SchinkelPrussian Neoclassicism Leo von KlenzeGerman Neoclassicism