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Zimmermann, Albert, 1808-1888

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Personal name headingZimmermann, Albert, 1808-1888
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Variant(s)Zimmerman, Albert, 1808-1888
Zimmermann, A. (Albert), 1808-1888
Zimmermann, Alb., 1808-1888
Zimmermann, Albert A., 1808-1888
Zimmermann, Aug. Albert, 1808-1888
Zimmermann, August, 1808-1888
Zimmermann, August Albert, 1808-1888
Zimmermann, August Albrecht, 1808-1888
LocatedDresden (Germany) Milan (Italy) Vienna (Austria) Salzburg (Austria)
Birth date1808-09-20
1809-09-20
Death date1888-10-18
Place of birthZittau (Germany)
Place of deathMunich (Germany)
Field of activityPainting Landscape painting Watercolor painting
AffiliationAccademia di belle arti (Milan, Italy) Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien
Profession or occupationArtists Painters Landscape painters Watercolorists
Found inDeutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870). Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 1873-1874: v. 1, page XII ("In dankbarer Anerkennung sei hier der Künstler gedacht, deren Talent und Fleiss unser Werk so ausgiebig geschmückt hat ... Albert Zimmermann ... in Wien ...") v. 1, page LXIX (in list of color plates: "Kaiser Franz-Josephs-Fjord mit der Payer-Spitze"; "Kaiser Franz-Joseph's-Fjord und die Petermanns-Spitze")
German Wikipedia, May 10, 2020 (article title: "Albert Zimmermann (Maler)"; August Albert Zimmermann (born 20 September 1809 in Zittau; died 18 October 1888 in Munich); German painter; brother of painters Max, Robert and Richard Zimmermann; began as a self-taught landscape painter; studied at the academies in Dresden and Munich; professor at the Milan academy of fine arts, 1857; went to Vienna, 1859 or 1860, and taught at the Akademie der bildenden Künste until 1872; moved to Salzburg in 1880 and to Munich in 1884 or 1885)
Frimmel von Traisenau, Theodor. "Zimmermann, Albert," in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, v. 45, 1900, pages 248-251, accessed online, May 11, 2020: ("Zimmermann: Albert Z., Maler, geboren zu Zittau in Sachsen am 20. September 1809 [sic], [gestorben] zu München am 19. October 1888")
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"Zimmermann, Albert," in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, 60. Theil, 1891, pages 111-114, accessed online via Austrian Literature Online (ALO) page 111 (Zimmermann, Albert, painter, born Zittau 20 September 1809, died Munich 18. October 1888) page 112 (professor at k.k. Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna for 12 years; among his students was Julius Payer, "der Nordpolfahrer") page 114 (in list of notable paintings: "1871: 'Die Kaiser Franz Joseph-Fjords in Grönland,' Eigenthum des Kaisers Franz Joseph")
Union list of artist names online (ULAN), May 11, 2020 Zimmermann, Albert (German painter, 1808-1888); landscapist; variant names listed, including Zimmermann, August Albert; albert a. zimmermann; Albert Zimmerman; alb. zimmermann; aug. albert zimmermann; august albrecht zimmermann; august zimmermann; a. zimmermann; prof. alb. zimmermann; ID: 500031118)
Bénézit dictionary of artists, via Oxford Art Online, May 11, 2020 ("Zimmermann, August Albert [Zimmermann and Albert are in boldface], German, 19th century, male. Born 20 September 1808, in Zittau; died 18 October 1888, in Munich. Painter, watercolourist. Animals, landscapes, mountainscapes")
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, May 10, 2020 (Zimmermann, Albert; gender: male; other names: Zimmermann, August Albert; life dates: 1808-1888 (birth year also given as 1809); occupations: artist, painter)
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