Rimmer, William, 1816-1879

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Rimmer was a sculptor, portrait and figure painter, teacher, and writer on art. He taught art, especially art anatomy, at Cooper Union in New York and the Museum School in Boston. He was also a doctor, largely self-educated, and he practiced from 1855 to 1863 in Chelsea and East Milton, Mass. He lectured often from the 1860s until 1879 and published works on the aesthetics of anatomy.

From the description of Papers of William Rimmer, 1860-1892 (inclusive), 1860-1868 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281433053

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creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. William Rimmer: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, 1828-1879. 1986. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Sadakichi Hartmann papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Album of William and Mary Rimmer, undated. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Bamberger family. Bamberger family papers, 1848-1888. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Rimmer, William, 1816-1879 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Lincoln Kirstein papers, ca. 1914-1991 The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Papers, ca. 1914-1991. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1860-1870 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Sketchbook, undated. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Lincoln Kirstein and Richard Sherman Nutt research material on William Rimmer Archives of American Art
referencedIn Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Stephen and Philip, undated. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture. Institutional file, Exhibitions. William Rimmer: a yankee Michelangelo. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Rimmer, William, 1816-1879. Papers of William Rimmer, 1860-1892 (inclusive), 1860-1868 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
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associatedWith Bamberger family. family
associatedWith Berman, Eugene, 1899- person
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. corporateBody
associatedWith Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944. person
associatedWith Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. person
associatedWith Lowell Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Perkins, Stephen Higginson, 1804-1877. person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
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United States
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Sculpture, American
Anatomy, Artistic
Art
Arts
Manuscripts
Physicians
Physicians as artists
Physicians' writings
Poetry
Recreation
Sketchbooks and albums
Writing
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Birth 1816-02-20

Death 1879-08-20

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