Eugene Zimmermann
Eugen Zimmermann (born August 19, 1907 in Villingen in the Black Forest ; † November 12, 1990 in Lörrach ) was a German painter and art teacher .
life and work
Eugen Zimmermann was born in Villingen in 1907. Between 1927 and 1932 he studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy under Georg Scholz , August Babberger and Hermann Gehri , all of whom were relieved of their teaching post as “degenerate” artists during the National Socialist era .
After a time at the University of Berlin, where he studied art history between 1937 and 1939 , he was a teacher at the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach. In 1942 he did his doctorate under Wilhelm Pinder in Berlin , but then had to take up the military and work as an art teacher in Lörrach until 1945. From 1948 to 1977 he worked again as an art teacher at the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium and was a member of the artists' group in Lörrach. In 1990 he died in Loerrach. 33 works by the artist are in the Dreiländermuseum .
Zimmermann's representational, abstract painting was shaped by German Expressionism .
For his 100th birthday, the Museum am Burghof dedicated a solo exhibition to him, for which a catalog was published.
In the three-country exhibition, the adventure exhibition on the three-country region and its history in the three-country museum, his painting of the "fishing village" Rheinweiler from 1948 is on permanent display.
literature
- Eugene Zimmermann. In our Loerrach. 1991.
- Catalog Eugen Zimmermann. Museum am Burghof Loerrach, 1987.
- Hans H. Hofstätter, Berthold Hänel (author), district of Lörrach (ed.): The painters of the Markgräflerland. Schillinger, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villingen in the Black Forest |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1990 |
| Place of death | Loerrach |