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Fries.
German family of artists. Three sons of a prosperous banker and manufacturer in Heidelberg all worked in that city for part of their careers, as well as in Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Geneva and Rome. They were all principally painters, working in a Romantic style, although the eldest, (1) Ernst Fries, was also a lithographer. Wilhelm Fries (b Heidelberg, 1819; d Konstanz, 29 March 1878) lived in the area of Lake Constance for most of his life and painted landscapes of that region, the Bavarian Alps and northern Italy. The youngest son, (2) Bernhard Fries, was also a landscape painter. The following members have entries:
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