About Joseph Simon Volmar
Lived 1796 – 1865 (aged 68). Joseph Simon Volmar was a Swiss painter, sculptor, university teacher, landscape painter, animal painter and lithographer.
Joseph Simon Volmar (26 October 1796 – 6 October 1865) was a Swiss painter, sculptor and lithographer. He was known for animal painting, especially horse subjects. His public monuments include the Rudolf von Erlach monument in Bern.
Biography Joseph Simon Volmar was born on 26 October 1796 in Bern. He was the son of Johann Georg Volmar, a history and landscape painter who had emigrated from Württemberg.
Volmar was introduced to art by his father at the Bern art school. Before his Paris training, he had already attracted attention in Bern for his horse paintings. In 1860, he created the Père Grégoire Girard monument in Fribourg.
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Swiss painter and sculptor (1796-1865)
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Joseph Simon Volmar was born on 26 October 1796 in Bern.
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Joseph Simon Volmar died on 6 October 1865 in Bern.
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Joseph Simon Volmar was a painter, sculptor, university teacher, landscape painter, animal painter and lithographer.
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