{{Short description|German painter (1845–1907)}} thumb [[Image:Däumling.jpg|thumb|Illustration by Zick for "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"]] {|align=right |[[File:Germany 5 Mark 1904 VF Art Nouveau Banknote.jpg|thumb|Germany 5 Mark 1904 Art Nouveau Banknote, designed by Alexander Zick]] |}
'''Alexander Zick''' (born 20 December 1845, Koblenz, Germany – 10 November 1907, Berlin, Germany) was a German painter and illustrator.<ref name="degruyter"/>
The Zick family included multiple generations of painters. Alexander was the son of Gustav Zick, a painter. He was also the great-grandson of the painter and architect Januarius Zick, and the great-great-grandson of fresco artist Johannes Zick.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=E. |title=Zick family (ii) |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000093492 |website=Grove Art Online |access-date=23 February 2025 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T093492 |date=9 September 2024|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref><ref name="Allgemeines">{{cite book |title=Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler : von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Bd. 36, Wilhelmy - Zyzywi |date=1947 |publisher=Verlag von E. A. Seemann |location=Leipzig |page=478 |url=https://repozytorium.biblos.pk.edu.pl/resources/37641/browse#page/488 |access-date=23 February 2025 |language=pl |via=Repozytorium Politechniki Krakowskiej}}</ref>
He was a student of August Wittig{{cn|date=February 2022}} at Düsseldorf Academy, first studying sculpture, and then studied painting under the director of the academy, Eduard Bendemann. In 1880, he moved to Berlin, where he studied under Ludwig Knaus. There, Zick worked as a genre and history painter.<ref name="degruyter">{{cite web |last1=Baumewerd |first1=Stéphanie |title=Zick, Alexander |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/AKL/entry/_00194517/html |website=Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online|publisher=K. G. Saur |access-date=23 February 2025 |language=en |date=2022 |via=de Gruyter}}</ref>
Zick later worked mainly as an illustrator. He illustrated classic literature and fairy tales, as well as drew for family and youth magazines.<ref name="degruyter"/>
[[File:Gothic Battle of Mons Lactarius on Vesuvius.jpg|thumb|Zick's historical painting of The Ostrogoths' last stand at the Battle of Mons Lactarius]]
== Numismatic work == In the last years of his life, Zick was the designer of 2 German banknotes: the 1904 5 Mark Reichskassenschein, and the 1906 10 Mark Reichskassenschein.<ref name="degruyter"/>
==Selected works== *''Gockel, Hinckel and Gackeleia'', by Clemens Brentano *''The Magical Country ({{Langx|de|Das Zauberland}})'', by E. Engelmann *''In the Pastor's House in Neuenrode ({{Langx|de|Im Pfarrhaus zu Neuenrode}})'' (1898), by M. Eitner *''Father Jansen's Sunshine ({{Langx|de|Vater Jansens Sonnenschein}})'' (1899), by H. Koch *''Little Traudl ({{Langx|de|Traudchen}})'' (1900), by M. Giese<ref>{{cite web |title=Zick, Alexander |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00201899 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=23 February 2025 |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00201899 |date=31 October 2011|isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery perrow="5"> File:Dragon Slayer, Alexander Zick (1899).jpg|Dragon Slayer (1899) File:Die Gartenlaube (1894) b 297.jpg|The Garden Arbor (1894) File:Hänsel und Gretel2.jpg|Hänsel und Gretel File:Schneewittchen.jpg|Schneewittchen File:Aschenputtel.jpg|Aschenputtel File:Dornröschen.jpg|Dornröschen File:Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot3.jpg|Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot File:Schneewittchen2.jpg|Schneewittchen File:Die drei Schwester.jpg|The Three Sisters </gallery>
==References== <references/>
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Alexander Zick}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zick, Alexander}} Category:19th-century German painters Category:German male painters Category:20th-century German painters Category:20th-century German male artists Category:1845 births Category:1907 deaths Category:19th-century German male artists