Robert Zimmermann (painter)

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August Robert Zimmermann (born April 21, 1818 in Zittau ; † June 6, 1864 in Munich ) was a German draftsman , lithographer and landscape painter .

Life

He was the younger brother of the painters Albert and Max and the older brother of Richard Zimmermann .

His father was the Zittau town musician Karl Friedrich August Zimmermann (in office 1807-1830), from whom all sons received the second name August. Like his siblings, Robert first received musical training from his father; he became a pianist and aspired to a stage career. Thanks to the suggestion of his older brother Max, Richard first turned to drawing and lithography , but then followed the oldest to Munich at his painting school and had been a successful landscape artist since 1846.

He found his rural motifs mainly in Tyrol and old Bavaria . The circle of painters around Albert and his three younger brothers was so strongly influenced by them that one spoke only of the "carpenters" . Although he died relatively early compared to his siblings, he was as effective as theirs during their lifetime and had a wide range of buyers; so was z. B. auctioned his painting of a barn from 1854 under the title Barn interior at Sotheby’s in Melbourne (!). Works by Robert Zimmermann are among others. a. in painting collections in Dresden , Leipzig and Bautzen .

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SURNAME Carpenter, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmermann, August Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, lithographer and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Zittau
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1864
Place of death Munich