Ernst Zimmermann (1852 - 1901)

Ernst Zimmermann

Ernst Karl Georg Zimmermann was a German painter of the last third of the 19th century. He is known as a genre painter.

Ernst Zimmermann received his first painting lessons from his father, the painter Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann. Early in his career, he produced humorous genre paintings before moving on to create large works, including the famous works The Adoration of the Shepherds, Christ and the Fishermen, and Christ the Comforter. Zimmermann was a royal professor and honorary member of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.