Heinrich Wilhelm Zimmermann
Heinrich Wilhelm Zimmermann (born February 5, 1805 in Danzig ; † February 15, 1841 ibid) was a German genre and portrait painter .
Life
Zimmermann was a student of the Danzig painter Michael Carl Gregorovius and, after a short stay in Berlin, moved to Vienna with Adolf Stövesandt in 1829 . From 1829 to at least 1834 he studied at the Academy of United Fine Arts in Vienna and received financial support from the Danzig Peace Society. Zimmermann is in Paris around 1837/38. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and with Paul Delaroche . In 1838 he took part in the Paris Salon before returning to Vienna in 1839, where he set up his own studio.
Works
- The flower market in Paris, 1839, whereabouts unknown
- An invalid tells a chestnut dealer about the events of the Pont d'Arcole in Paris, 1839, whereabouts unknown
- The interior of an alpine hut in Upper Styria, 1839, whereabouts unknown
- Alpensänger, 1839, whereabouts unknown
literature
- Lisa Hackmann: Zimmermann, Heinrich Wilhelm , in: Bénédicte Savoy, France Nerlich (ed.): Paris apprenticeship years. A lexicon for training German painters in the French capital. Volume 1: 1793-1843 . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-029057-8 , pp. 324-325.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zimmermann, Heinrich Wilhelm . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 60th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1891, p. 118 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Heinrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1841 |
| Place of death | Danzig |