Anton Benno Zottmayr

Anton Benno Zottmayr (born June 16, 1795 in Amberg , † May 18, 1865 in Munich ) was a German painter.

Life

Zottmayr was the son of a lawyer. He first attended the Königliche Studienanstalt and Königliche Studieneminar zu Amberg until 1812, where he was awarded several prizes, among other things. In 1812 he enrolled in painting at the Munich Art Academy . In the years 1818 to 1840 he offered his services as a portrait painter, sometimes as an academic in the fine arts, through newspaper advertisements in the weekly newspaper of the city of Amberg and guaranteed a high level of similarity in the representation. After that he worked as a portrait painter first in Nuremberg . From 1835 at the latest, he settled in Munich at Elisenstrasse No. 5. In 1840 he stayed in Amberg in the inn "to the Crown Prince of Bavaria". He devoted himself to history painting , in which P. Langer was a model for him, portrait painting and sacred painting.

Zottmayr had been married to Anna Bleicher since 1823 and had at least one daughter Maria Anna Josephina Crescentia Antonia (born April 23, 1831), who was born in Amberg.

literature

Zottmayr, Anton Benno. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 22: Witsen – Zyx. EA Fleischmann, Munich 1852, pp. 320–321 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Zottmayr, Anton Benno . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 560 .
Erwin Naimer: Zottmayr, Anton Benno. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 880 f. ( Digitized version ).
Zottmayr (Zottmayer), Anton Benno. In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon : Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Volume 3: Pf-Z. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-11763-9 , p. 1735.

Individual evidence

^ Annual report on the Royal College and the Royal Study Seminar in Amberg: for the school year 1812 . Pohl, 1812, p. 23, 29–31 ( digitized in the Google book search).
↑ 00202 Anton Beno Zottmayer . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 1: 1809–1841 , sheet 24, entry from November 4, 1812 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . No. 39 . Schütz, Amberg September 22, 1818, Sp. 622 ( digitized version in Google book search).
↑ Address book of royal residence and capital-city of Munich ... Weber, 1835, p 113 ( digitized version in the Google book search).
^ Weekly newspaper of the city of Amberg in the Upper Palatinate-Regensburg district . 47th volume, no. 5 . Train, Amberg January 29, 1840 ( digitized in the Google book search).
^ Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . No. 39 . Schütz, Amberg May 6, 1823, Sp. 301 ( digitized version in Google book search).
^ Richard Bernhardt: Upper Palatinate painter of the 19th century . In: The Upper Palatinate . tape 45 , 1957, pp. 192 f ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Advertisement - Born . In: Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . Schütz, Amberg May 17, 1831, p. 315 ( digitized version in the Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Zottmayr, Anton Benno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zottmayer, Anton Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 16, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH	May 18, 1865
Place of death	Munich

[1] Annual report on the Royal College and the Royal Study Seminar in Amberg: for the school year 1812 . Pohl, 1812, p. 23, 29–31 ( digitized in the Google book search).

[2] 00202 Anton Beno Zottmayer . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 1: 1809–1841 , sheet 24, entry from November 4, 1812 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[3] Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . No. 39 . Schütz, Amberg September 22, 1818, Sp. 622 ( digitized version in Google book search).

[4] Address book of royal residence and capital-city of Munich ... Weber, 1835, p 113 ( digitized version in the Google book search).

[5] Weekly newspaper of the city of Amberg in the Upper Palatinate-Regensburg district . 47th volume, no. 5 . Train, Amberg January 29, 1840 ( digitized in the Google book search).

[6] Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . No. 39 . Schütz, Amberg May 6, 1823, Sp. 301 ( digitized version in Google book search).

[7] Richard Bernhardt: Upper Palatinate painter of the 19th century . In: The Upper Palatinate . tape 45 , 1957, pp. 192 f ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[8] Advertisement - Born . In: Amberger Wochenblatt: entertainment paper for town and country with a general advertisement display . Schütz, Amberg May 17, 1831, p. 315 ( digitized version in the Google book search).