Dominikus Zimmermann
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Dominikus Zimmermann was a German
Rococo
architect
and stuccoist.
in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuccoist. His older brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann
was an architect and a frescoist. Working together they produced masterpieces such as the church at Steinhausen. Dominikus Zimmermann descended from a family of artists and craftsmen belonging to the so-called Wessobrunner School
, worked first as a stuccoist and later as a master builder and architect. He lived in Landsberg am Lech
, where he was mayor between 1748-1753. He died near the pilgrims' church in Wies near Steingaden
in 1766.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Rococo
Rococo
Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and stuccoist.
Life
Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near WessobrunnWessobrunn
Wessobrunn is a municipality in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria in Germany.-Paterzell airfield:Paterzell airfield is located in Wessobrunn. The local aeroclub Luftsportverein Weilheim-Peißenberg competes in glider aerobatics. The German National Champion in 2006, Markus Feyerabend...
in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuccoist. His older brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann
Johann Baptist Zimmermann
Johann Baptist Zimmermann was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque.Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn. He and his brother Dominikus Zimmermann were descended from an artist family of the Wessobrunner School...
was an architect and a frescoist. Working together they produced masterpieces such as the church at Steinhausen. Dominikus Zimmermann descended from a family of artists and craftsmen belonging to the so-called Wessobrunner School
Wessobrunner School
The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of Baroque stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria, Germany....
, worked first as a stuccoist and later as a master builder and architect. He lived in Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech....
, where he was mayor between 1748-1753. He died near the pilgrims' church in Wies near Steingaden
Steingaden
Steingaden is a town and municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-Geography:...
in 1766.
Principal works
- Abbey church, MödingenMödingenMödingen is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany.The municipality includes the villages Bergheim and Mödingen....
(1716-1725) in the district of DillingenDillingen (district)Dillingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Donau-Ries, Augsburg and Günzburg, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg .-History:... - Old town hall (1719) and St John's Church (1752) in Landsberg am LechLandsberg am LechLandsberg am Lech is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech....
- Pilgrimage church in SteinhausenSteinhausen an der RottumSteinhausen is a town, 4 kilometres from Ochsenhausen in the district Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
near Bad SchussenriedBad SchussenriedBad Schussenried is a town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.Schussenried Abbey, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in Bad Schussenried...
(1728-1733) - Church of Our Lady in GünzburgGünzburgGünzburg is a Große Kreisstadt and capital of the district of Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city of Günzburg—which had not previously been assigned to a Kreis —with the district of Günzburg and the district of Krumbach.Günzburg lies...
(1735-1740) - Pilgrimage church in Wies near SteingadenSteingadenSteingaden is a town and municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district of Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is the site of the 12th-century Steingaden Abbey and the Wies Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-Geography:...
(1745-54)