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Friedrich Leon Pohle (1 December 1841, Leipzig – 27 February 1908, Dresden) was a German painter. He is mainly known for his portraits. Read the full biography

Friedrich Leon Pohle (1 December 1841, Leipzig – 27 February 1908, Dresden) was a German painter. He is mainly known for his portraits. Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen. In 1860 he became a pupil of Jozef Van Lerius in Antwerp. After returning to Germany, he went to Weimar, where he studied with Ferdinand Pauwels at the Saxon-Grand Ducal art school in Weimar. In 1866, he returned to his hometown, although he undertook several study trips. He established himself as a "free-lance" painter in Weimar in 1868. He became a teacher at the Dresden Academy in 1877 and, later, a professor. It was there that he made his name as a portraitist. Among his best-known portraits are those of his fellow artists Ludwig Richter, Carl Gottlieb Peschel and Ernst Hähnel. He won several gold medals in local exhibitions. Osmar Schindler was one of his students.