Georg Wilhelm Timm (1820 - 1895)
Georg Wilhelm Timm
Georg Wilhelm Timm (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Тимм, Вильгельм Фридрихович) was a Russian painter and lithographer originally from the Baltic Germans.
The son of a Riga burgomaster, Timm first studied art in Riga, then moved to St. Petersburg and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts. After graduating, he moved to Paris, where he worked under Horace Vernet. He traveled extensively in Russia, visited the Caucasus, where there was still a struggle with the mountaineers, and during the Crimean campaign accompanied Russian commanders. In 1852 he accompanied Tsar Nicholas I on his visit to Finland.
Timm was the author of battle, historical and genre paintings, he was an academician of the Academy of Arts and a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts, and published the Russian Art Bulletin.
In 1867 Timm moved to Berlin, where he painted panels and ceramics. In 1876 he was appointed professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts and since then worked at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin.
| Date and place of birt: | 21 june 1820, Riga, Russian Empire |
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| Date and place of death: | 19 april 1895, Berlin, Germany |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Draftsman, Educator, Engraver, Illustrator, Painter, Publisher |
| Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Military art, Portrait |
| Art style: | Realism, Romanticism |
