Vladimir Zimmerling with the portrait of Bertolt Brecht (1961), early 1960sVladimir Zimmerling in front of the portrait of Halldor Laxness (1961), early 1961-sVladimir Zimmerling in front of the second portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1981), ca. 1984Vladimir Zimmerling is his atelier in front of the portrait of Halldor Laxness (1961), early 1960-sVladimir ZImmerling with his selfportrait, ca. 1984Vladimir Zimmerling with first portrait of Osip Mandelstam (1990), ca. 2000Vladimir Zimmerling, 2002Vladimir Zimmerling with Marga Silkina, 2002Vladimir Zimmeling and Marga Silkina 2002Vladimir Zimmerling in his atelier, ca. 1984Vladimir Zimmerling, 2002Vladimir Zimmerling with the portrait of Bertolt Brecht (1961), early 1960sVladimir Zimmerling, "Selfportrait", `1962

Biography

REFERENCE DATES

 

 

  • 28 August 1931 ― Vladimir Zimmerling was borne in Moscow.

 

 

  • 1955  ― First exhibitions of Vladimir Zimmerling’s sculptures.

 

  • 1957 ― Vladimir Zimmerling graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts, the class of professor Theodor Zalkaln.

 

 

  • 1961  ―  Vladimir Zimmerling was admitted to the Soviet Guild of Artists.

 

  • 1962 ―   Vladimir Zimmerling took part in the All-Russian exhibition “The New Reality” in the Moscow Manezh.

 

  • 1970 ―  Vladimir Zimmerling was elected member of thе Committee for the Amateur Art by the Soviet Guild of Artists.

 

  • 1974 ―  The essay “On the Interpetation of O. [sip] M. [andelstam]” 

 

  • 1983 ― participation in the 1st All-Soviet federal exhibition of sculptors (Moscow)

 

  • 1986  ― participation in the All-Soviet federal exhibition of tapestry and sculpture.

 

  • 1985 ― The first personal exhibition of Vladimir Zimmerling (Moscow, 1985).

 

  • 1993  ― Vladimir Zimmerling’s paper “The Measurement” was published in the 4-th volume of the Mandelstam’s society.

 

  • 1998  ― Vladimir Zimmerling recorded Pushkin’s “Little Tragedies”, selected scenes from “Boris Godunov”, a selection of poems by Pushkin, Tyutchev, Mandelstam, Zabolotsky, a number of canzonas from Dante’s “La divina commedia”, translations of the European ballads and “The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum”.

 

  • 1999 ― The second personal exhibition of Vladimir Zimmerling in Moscow (together with his daughter, the painter Mara Daugaviete).

 

  • 1999 ― Vladimir Zimmerling’s book of essay entitled “Do not say ‘yes’ and ‘no’…” is published (Владимир Циммерлинг. Да и нет не говорите. М.: Институт экономики РАН, 1999).

 

  • 1995 ― 2000 ― Vladimir Zimmerling created a series of art works “The Antique Suite” inspired by the motifs of the antique mythology.

 

  • 2014 ― The family exhibition “The Unity in Diversity. A Dynasty of Artists”  in Moscow.

 

  • 9 June 2017  ―  Vladimir Zimmerling died in Moscow. He is buried on the Vvedensky Cemetery in Moscow, with his second wife Marga Silkina.