Clemens von Zimmermann

Clemens von Zimmermann studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. George Dury, Jakob Emanuel Gaisser and Michael Echter are recorded as having studied under Clemens von Zimmermann. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Augsburg and Munich. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Positions recorded include museum director. Work by Clemens von Zimmermann is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections.

He was born in Düsseldorf. He studied in his native town under Johann Peter von Langer, and in 1808 he accompanied his master to Munich, where he entered the Academy. In 1815 he went to Augsburg, where he was appointed professor and director of the school of art. Ten years later he became professor at the Munich Academy. He assisted Peter von Cornelius in his frescoes at the Glyptothek, and was also engaged on decorative work in the colonnades of the Hofgarten, in the corridor of the Alte Pinakothek, and in the dining-hall of the Residenz. He died at Munich on 25 January 1869. The Neue Pinakothek contains two of his pictures: Cimabue finding Giotto sketching a Lamb and Pilgrims to Loretto from the Roman Campagna. He painted a large number of portraits, among them those of Queen Hortense and of King Max I of Bavaria, and etched and lithographed many views of Rome.

Clemens von Zimmermann is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation history painter. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre history painting. Recorded as painter, university teacher, etcher, lithographer and artist.