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The painter and graphic artist Heinrich von Zügel stood out primarily with depictions of animals, mostly sheep and cattle, executed with a broad brush and sometimes inserted into the landscape, using an impressionistic painting style. First he attended the arts and crafts training school in Schwäbisch-Hall, and from 1867 to 1869 he studied painting at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Bernhard von Neher and Heinrich von Rustige. He then studied for another two years at the Stuttgart Art School with Anton Braith and briefly at the Munich Art Academy with Cart Theodor von Piloty. Study visits took Reins to Paris, Holland and Belgium. In 1892 he was a co-founder of the Munich Secession, of which he became an honorary member. From 1894 to 1895, Zügel taught at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe, and from 1895 to 1922 he was a professor at the Munich Art Academy for animal painting, temporarily also as rector. Until 1914, Zügel also gave summer open-air courses in Woerth am Rhein. His students included Viktor Eckart von Eckartsburg, Hans von Hayek and Emanuel Hegenbarth. Represented in the Hagenbund for the first time in 1907, Zügel was a member from 1908 to 1912. He was also a member of the art academies in Berlin and Dresden. Between 1897 and 1924, Zügel was represented at the Venice Biennale a total of eight times. His works are included in the collections of Belvedere, Albertina, Neue Pinakothek Munich, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Kunsthalle Bremen, and Kunsthalle Hamburg. Honours, prizes (selection): 1873 Silver Medal from the World Exhibition in Vienna; 1888 Great Golden Medal from the Munich International Art Exhibition; 1889 appointed Royal Bavarian Professor; 1893 Golden State Medal in Dresden; 1905 Great Gold Medal of the Venice International Exhibition; 1907 Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Bavarian Crown (award of nobility); 1940 Goethe Medal.
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