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SCHIRMER, JOHANN WILHELM (1807-1865)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 327 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHIRMER, JOHANN WILHELM (1807-1865) , See also:German landscape painter, was See also:born at Jiilich in Rhenish See also:Prussia. This artist, a namesake of F. W. Schirmer, had a similar aim and career. He first was a student, and subsequently became a See also:professor in the See also:academy of See also:Dusseldorf. In 1854 he was made director of the See also:art school at Carisruhe, where he died. He travelled and sketched in See also:Italy, and aimed at historic landscape after the manner of the Poussins. His Biblical landscapes with figures are held in See also:good esteem.

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