Heinrich Schlitt

Schlitt was born in Wiesbaden in the Duchy of Nassau, what would now be in the modern day German state of Hesse. His father was a member of the court of the Duke of Nassau, working as a coachman. After the Prussian annexation of the Duchy, Schlitt joined the Dutch military, a choice thought to be the result of the Schlitt family moving to the Netherlands with the rest of the exiled Duchy.

Schlitt was a student of Kaspar Kögler at his school in Wiesbaden. In 1875, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger.{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://matrikel.adbk.de/matrikel/mb_1841-1884/jahr_1875/matrikel-03155|title=03155 Heinrich Schlitt|work=Matrikelbuch|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts, Munich|year=1884|isbn=|volume=2|location=|pages=}} He exhibited his works at exhibitions put on by the Munich Artists' Cooperative.{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://archive.org/details/illustrirterkata00muen/page/n62/mode/1up|title=Münchener Jahres-ausstellung|publisher=Franz Hanfstaengl|year=1894|isbn=|location=Munich|pages=41}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://archive.org/details/offiziellerkatal1903munc/page/95/mode/1up|title=Münchener Jahres-Ausstellung Glaspalast|publisher=Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft|year=1903|isbn=|location=Munich|pages=95}}

Early in his career, Schlitt first became well known to the public as an illustrator. He produced hundreds of illustrations for a wide array of publications, including books, periodicals, and newspapers such as Die Gartenlaube,{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=16 January 1900|title=Der Porträtmaler|page=601|work=Die Neue Gartenlaube|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vT0gAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA601|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=LARGE METTLACH BEER STEIN #2261 Sign Schlitt 2.25 Liter {{!}} #136265256|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/large-mettlach-beer-stein-2261-sign-136265256|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Worthpoint|language=en}} Das Buch Für Alle,{{Cite journal|title=Das Buch für alle: illustrierte Blätter zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für die Familie und Jedermann (54.1919)|url=https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bfa1919/0011/image|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Heidelberg University Library|year=1919|language=en|doi=10.11588/diglit.44086.2|author1=NN}} and Illustrirte Zeitung.{{Cite book|last1=Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth|first1=Josef Adolf|title=Heinrich Schlitt (1849 – 1923)|last2=Thomas|first2=Thérèse|publisher=Villeroy & Boch|year=1990|isbn=|location=Mettlach|pages=|author-link=:de:Josef Adolf Schmoll genannt Eisenwerth}}

File:Die Gartenlaube (1887) b 145.jpg|"The Old Poacher" from Die Gartenlaube, 1887

File:Die Gartenlaube (1890) b 120.jpg|"Madame Pompadour and Marquis Posa at the masquerade ball" from Die Gartenlaube, 1890

File:Die Gartenlaube (1890) b 121.jpg|"Madame Pompadour and Marquis Posa the next morning" from Die Gartenlaube, 1890

In 1905, Schlitt was selected by architect Georg von Hauberrisser to paint the ceilings of the Ratskeller at the New Town Hall in Munich.{{cite web | url=http://www.ratskeller.com/philosophie-geschichte.html | title=Der Münchner Ratskeller und seine Geschichte | website=ratskeller.de | language=de | access-date=22 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144005/http://www.ratskeller.com/philosophie-geschichte.html | archive-date=18 February 2017 | url-status=dead }}{{cite book | last=Huber | first=Brigitte |date=2006 | title=Das Neue Rathaus in München, Georg von Hauberrisser (1841–1922) und sein Hauptwerk |language=de | location=Ebenhausen bei München | pages=112–113 }} The paintings were originally intended to adorn the walls of the St. Johann Town Hall ratskeller, but after disputes between the municipal administration of St. Johann and Schlitt regarding payment for the works, Schlitt withdrew from the project and instead used the concepts for the paintings in the Munich Ratskeller.{{cite book | last=Hellwig | first=Friedrich | title=Ratskeller, erste Bewirtung: 27. Januar 1905, erste Verpachtung: 10. April 1909, vollkommende Umgestaltung: 27. April 1963, Saarbrücken 1988 | page=5 }} The paintings are considered to be some of his finest works.

File:RatskellerNeuesRathausMünchenL1000673.JPG|Vault painting

File:RatskellerNeuesRathausMünchenL1000668.JPG|Detail of the vault painting

File:NeuesRathausMünchenWeinBiereSchlittL1050613 (2).jpg|When wine and beers are fighting ..., Wall painting in the Ratskeller

Heinrich Schlitt was one of the principal in-house artists at Villeroy & Boch, a German ceramics manufacturer based in Mettlach. His work for the company is prominently featured on beer steins that they produced during the period, which are well known and held in renown amongst modern-day collectors of steins and ceramics.{{Cite web|title=Beer Stein Article - Introducing Heinrich Schlitt|url=https://www.beerstein.net/articles/s8106.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212024300/https://www.beerstein.net/articles/s8106.htm|archive-date=2021-02-12|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Beer Stein Library}}

File:VundBKrugGeritztesSteinzeug(Schlitt-Zwerg).jpg|Stoneware design by Schlitt, produced by Villeroy & Boch

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