Johann Friedrich Andreas Heimerdinger (10 January 1817,

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- 3 October 1882,

) was a German painter; specializing in

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Biography

After qualifying to enter a university, he completed a degree in education. Then, at the age of twenty-two, he left Hamburg to attend the Kunstakademie. He stayed there until 1841. Theodor Hildebrandt was his primary instructor. On Hildebrandt's recommendation, he was able to attend the

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, from 1842 to 1845. Following graduation, he made an extensive study trip throughout Switzerland, then returned to Hamburg. There, he worked as a freelance artist and founded a "Schule für angehende Maler und Bildhauer" (School for aspiring painters and sculptors), where he taught "modern art". It proved to be a great success. His best known students include the animal painters, Ludwig Beckmann and , the marine painter, , and the

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painters, and Ferdinand Brütt. He was a member of the , a progressive artists' association. His largest exhibit was in 1869, at the Glaspalast in Munich. He held numerous smaller exhibitions at the

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. He was primarily known for still lifes and "

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" images. He also wrote several small textbooks, notably: '' Elements of drawing based on physical objects for teachers and for self-teaching as well as for technical educational institutions ''(1857), and '' Preliminary exercises on the elements of drawing based on physical objects for children aged 7-10 years '' (1868)

Sources

* Ernst Rump: ''Lexikon der bildenden Künstler Hamburgs, Altonas und der näheren Umgebung''. Könnecke, Hamburg 1980 (reprint of the 1912 edition), * "Friedrich Heimerdinger", in: ''

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'', 4th ed. 1888–1890, vol.9, pg.85 f.

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