Bodo Zimmermann (artist)
Bodo Zimmermann , also BOZI ; (* May 29, 1902 in Filehne in the Bromberg district ; † August 25, 1945 (on the return transport to Frankfurt (Oder) )) was a German illustrator , painter and wood cutter .
Life
Bodo Zimmermann, the son of the Royal District School Inspector Paul Zimmermann and grandson of the landscape painter Prof. Emil Zschimmer , worked after his training at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Wroclaw , since 1922 as an illustrator, draftsman and wood cutter in his studio in Wroclaw.
His motifs deal with the Glatzer Bergland , the Giant Mountains and views from the area around Main and Tauber .
As a result of the siege and occupation, most of his work was lost. After his imprisonment on May 7, 1945, during the defense of Breslau, he died on the return transport.
Prices
- In 1937 he received the Wroclaw City Art Prize.
- In 1938 he received the Silesian Art Prize .
Exhibitions
- Between 1937 and 1944 Bodo Zimmermann took part in the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich with a total of 17 prints .
- 1942: Cracow , "The Castle of Cracow"
plant
- The Glatzer Bergland (woodcut, template for postcard)
- Giant Mountains with Schneekoppe (woodcut, template for postcard)
- Sand Island in Wroclaw (woodcut)
- Centennial Hall Breslau (woodcut)
literature
- Oskar Kobel: Silesian legends . Original woodcuts by Bodo Zimmermann, Hegel & Schade, Leipzig 1931, 136 pp.
- Andreas Pampuch: Bodo Zimmermann. A Silesian-Franconian artist . Kitzingen 1956, 96 pp.
- Andreas Pampuch: Christmas . Words by Angelus Silesius, woodcuts by Bodo Zimmermann. Kitzingen 1983, 80 pp.
- Hugo Scholz: Valley of the Fathers. People and things, life and goings-on in the Bohemian-Silesian mountains . Woodcuts by Bodo Zimmermann, Breslau., Scholle-Verlag, 192 pp.
- General artist lexicon (AKL), online version, artist ID: 00194038 (accessed on December 2, 2016)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Schenk: Krakauer Burg The Castle of Krakow , p. 126, accessed on February 28, 2013
- ^ The Glatzer Bergland , accessed on December 2, 2016
- ↑ Giant Mountains with Schneekoppe , accessed on December 2, 2016
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Sandinsel Breslau , accessed on February 28, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpenter, Bodo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | BOZI |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Filehne , Bromberg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt (Oder) |