Albert August Zimmermann Mühltal bei Amalfi

August Albert Zimmermann (born Zittau, September 20, 1808 - died

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, October 18, 1888) was a German painter. He was the brother of painters Max,

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, and Robert Zimmermann, and served as Max's teacher. He was primarily self-taught as a painter, but did study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the

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1808 births 1888 deaths 19th-century German painters German male painters People from Zittau Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub