Alexander Zick (born 20 December 1845,

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

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– 10 November 1907,

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, Germany) was a German painter and illustrator. Alexander was the greatgrandson of the painter and architect

Januarius Zick Johann Rasso Januarius Zick (6 February 1730 – 14 November 1797) was a German painter and architect. He is considered to be one of the main masters of the Late-Baroque. Life Januarius Zick was born in Munich and began to learn his trade fro ...

, the son of

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artist

Johannes Zick Johannes (Johann) Zick (January 10, 1702 – March 4, 1762) was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of th ...

. He was a student of

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and

Eduard Bendemann Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann (3 December 1811, Berlin – 27 December 1889, Düsseldorf) was a German-Jewish painter. Biography Bendemann was born in Berlin. His father, Anton Heinrich Bendemann, was a Jewish banker. His mother, Fanny El ...

Gothic Battle of Mons Lactarius on Vesuvius

Numismatic work

In his last years in Berlin, Alexander Zick was the designer of 2 German banknotes, the 5 Mark Reichskassenschein 1904, and the 10 Mark Reichskassenschein 1906. Alexander Zick in: German wikipedia, retrieved 6. December 2013.

Gallery

File:Dragon Slayer, Alexander Zick (1899).jpg,

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Schneewittchen "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...

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* 19th-century German painters German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 1845 births 1907 deaths 19th-century German male artists {{illustrator-stub