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Last Name Wimmer

Given Name Rudolph / Rudolf

alt. Names R. W. ; Rudolf /Rudolph Wimmer ;

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Year born 1849 in Gottsdorf, Lower Bavaria

Year died 1915

Place of death Munich

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Country of Activity Germany

Worked for Deutsches Museum, Munich & popular journals, e.g., Weltall & Menschheit 5 (1902-4): 220: "Fraunhofer führt in München sein Spektrometer vor" ;

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Techniques scientific, technical & historical painting ; mostly known for portrait & genre painting

Sample(s) http://i.computer-bild.de/imgs/4/7/1/7/5/5/6/Gemaelde-zeigt-Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-und-sein-Spektrometer-745x559-43e9542d0c4b7472.jpg

Archival sources www.musoptin.com/fraunhofer.html

Published sources Th-B 36: 48Susanne Utzt: Astronomie und Anschaulichkeit-Bilder der populären Astronomie des 19. Jhs. (Frankfurt 2004: 73 & 78) ; Eva Mayring (ed.) Bilder der Technik, Industrie und Wissenschaft (Munich 2008): 204-207, 289f.

other Active in Munich, well-known painter.

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