Rudolf Yelin

Rudolf Yelin (14 August 1864, Reutlingen – 28 December 1940, Stuttgart) was a German painter; best remembered for his religious glass paintings.

At some point, he became displeased with what he had learned from Keller and returned to Munich, to study with Paul Nauen [de] at the Academy of Fine Arts, and take more private lessons; this time from Heinrich Knirr.

He remained unattracted to current trends, such as Impressionism, and was more influenced by the monumental church paintings of Eduard Jakob von Steinle.

In 1892, he was hired as an illustrator for a magazine in Lahr, but also sought church commissions, including one at the Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, which gave a major boost to his career.

Shortly after, he first became acquainted with stained glass, when he was commissioned to complete some windows that had been left unfinished by Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt [de], a recently deceased artist from Berlin.