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JOHANN WILHELM SCHIRMER (1807-1865)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 327 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHANN WILHELM

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SCHIRMER (1807-1865)  ,
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German landscape painter, was
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born at Jiilich in Rhenish
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Prussia . This artist, a namesake of F . W .
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Schirmer, had a similar aim and career . He first was a student, and subsequently became a
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professor in the
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academy of
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Dusseldorf . In 1854 he was made director of the
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art school at Carisruhe, where he died . He travelled and sketched in
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Italy, and aimed at historic landscape after the manner of the Poussins . His Biblical landscapes with figures are held in
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good esteem .

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