Conrad Wimmer
Conrad Wimmer (born January 12, 1844 in Munich ; † November 26, 1905 there ) was a German landscape and hunting painter.
Wimmer began studying painting at the Vienna Art Academy with Johann Nepomuk Geiger .
From 1862 Wimmer continued his studies at the Royal Prussian Art Academy in Düsseldorf . There he made friends with his somewhat older fellow student, the Norwegian landscape painter Ludvig Munthe . Together they went on study trips and created autumn and winter landscape and hunting pictures.
Wimmer also visited Paris , where he exhibited his works in the salons there. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878 he was awarded a medal.
He showed his pictures at art exhibitions in Vienna (medals in 1876 and 1894), in Berlin (medals in 1872), in Amsterdam and London .
The influence of Eduard Schleich the Elder is noticeable in his works .
literature
- Wimmer, Conrad . 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.
Web links
- biography
- You lived in Munich
- Conrad Wimmer. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wimmer, Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wimmer, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hunting and landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1905 |
| Place of death | Munich |