Egidius Federle

Egidius Federle (10 October 1810, Stühlingen - 21 March 1876, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German landscape painter and illustrator.

From 1822 to 1823, he served an apprenticeship with the Swiss painter and publisher, Johann Ludwig Bleuler, in Schaffhausen, then finished his apprentice period in 1826 with Bleuler's brother-in-law, Johann Heinrich Uster (1774-1866), in Feuerthalen.

He continued to work for Bleuler's publishing company, specializing in the creation of vedute; contributing illustrations for numerous books.

After Bleuler's death in 1850, he moved to Konstanz, where he lived until 1861, when he moved to Freiburg im Breisgau, where he worked as a landscape painter and art teacher.

Among the notable publishing projects he participated in were:

The Rheinfall ; engraving by Friedrich Salathé [ de ] from a watercolor by Federle