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Mac Zimmermann BIOGRAPHY
1912 Stettin, Germany - 1995 Wasserburg am Inn, Germany. Known for: Surreal figurative painting.
Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set... Read full biography
Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set designer, illustrator and draftsman. In 1939, he went to Berlin, where he was excluded from the Reich... Read full biography
Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set designer, illustrator and draftsman. In 1939, he went to Berlin, where he was excluded from the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1943. After the war, he had his first major exhibition at Galerie Rosen in Berlin in 1946. In 1950, he participated in the reestablishment of the Deutsche Künstlerbund, which had... Read full biography
Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set designer, illustrator and draftsman. In 1939, he went to Berlin, where he was excluded from the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1943. After the war, he had his first major exhibition at Galerie Rosen in Berlin in 1946. In 1950, he participated in the reestablishment of the Deutsche Künstlerbund, which had been dissolved in 1936, along with Karl Hofer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl Hartung, Willi Baumeister, and others. From 1958, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and starting in 1964, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in... Read full biography
Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set designer, illustrator and draftsman. In 1939, he went to Berlin, where he was excluded from the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1943. After the war, he had his first major exhibition at Galerie Rosen in Berlin in 1946. In 1950, he participated in the reestablishment of the Deutsche Künstlerbund, which had been dissolved in 1936, along with Karl Hofer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl Hartung, Willi Baumeister, and others. From 1958, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and starting in 1964, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He has exhibited his work at the Venice Biennale and the Documenta in Kassel, amongst others. Zimmer... Read full biography
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Born in Stettin, Mac Zimmermann began to study at the Szczecin factory school for formative work in 1930, after having taken drawing classes. In 1934, he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a set designer, illustrator and draftsman. In 1939, he went to Berlin, where he was excluded from the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1943.
After the war, he had his first major exhibition at Galerie Rosen in Berlin in 1946. In 1950, he participated in the reestablishment of the Deutsche Künstlerbund, which had been dissolved in 1936, along with Karl Hofer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl Hartung, Willi Baumeister, and others.
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