Early Life
Born in Breslau (Wrocław), Prussian Silesia, he entered the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1886 and, as a student, traveled in Italy and Tunisia in 1890. After graduating from the Academy, he worked first in Berlin as an artist/decorator and then at the Prado in Madrid as a copyist. This period had a great influence on the formation of Tilke’s work. After Spain, he worked in Paris as an illustrator in 1900. At this point, he was already known for having knowledge on costumes.
Returning to Berlin, he began to paint works of historical costumes, which gained him a reputation among the authorities and in high society. In 1911, at the Lipperheide Costume Library of the Berlin Kunstgewerbe Museum, Tilke had an exhibition of his first collection. The exhibition was so well received that it was purchased for the library with state monies.
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