ZWILLER Augustus 1850-1939
Born in Didenheim, a small village in Alsace near Mulhouse. his name was actually Marie Augustin. he will be a pupil of G. Boulanger and J. Lefebvre at the Académie Julian.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists from 1882, obtained numerous distinctions, Bronze Medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, exhibited at the salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts of Strasbourg and that of the Friends of the Arts of Mulhouse , He moved to Neuilly, made a career in Paris and was recognized as a renowned portrait painter and a specialist in the nude.
Works at the Museums of Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Dijon, La Rochelle.