Franz Xaver Simm
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Franz Xaver Simm (born June 24, 1853 in Vienna , † February 21, 1918 in Munich ) was an Austrian painter and illustrator .
The son of a family of painters studied from 1869 to 1876 at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Eduard von Engerth and Anselm Feuerbach . In 1876 he received a two-year travel grant to Rome and stayed in Italy until 1881. There he married Marie Mayer, also a painter. They then went to Tbilisi together to do murals in the Caucasian Museum. He later lived in Munich , where he accepted a professorship.
Simm worked mainly as an illustrator. Later he created more and more small genre pictures in the empire style .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Simm, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 316 ( digitized version ).
- Simm Franz Xaver. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005,ISBN 3-7001-3580-7, p. 279.
Web links
Commons : Franz Xaver Simm - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Illustrations for Goethe's Faust
- Illustrations by Franz Xaver Simm in Die Fliegende Blätter
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simm, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1918 |
| Place of death | Munich |