The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Flüggen, Gisbert

FLÜGGEN, flü'gĕn, Gis'bert, German painter: b. at Cologne, 9 Feb. 1811; d. Munich, 3 Sept. 1859. In his youth he learned the manufacture of novelties in his native town, and in 1833 began his art studies at Munich, which he made his permanent home. He is a German counterpart of Hogarth and Wilkie, whom he rivals in masterly grouping and life-like expression, while in the technique of the brush he excels them both.