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* Wolfgang Metternich: ''Der Maler Jakob Becker. Ein Frankfurter Lehrer und Wegbereiter im 19. Jahrhundert''. Ausstellung im Firmenmuseum der [[Hoechst|Hoechst AG]], Höchster Schloss, 17. März 1985 bis 20. April 1985. Hoechst AG, Frankfurt a. M. 1985 |
* Wolfgang Metternich: ''Der Maler Jakob Becker. Ein Frankfurter Lehrer und Wegbereiter im 19. Jahrhundert''. Ausstellung im Firmenmuseum der [[Hoechst|Hoechst AG]], Höchster Schloss, 17. März 1985 bis 20. April 1985. Hoechst AG, Frankfurt a. M. 1985 |
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Revision as of 15:14, 13 November 2010
Jakob Becker (Dittelsheim at Worms, March 15, 1810, Frankfurt am Main, December 22, 1872) was a German painter.
Biography
He began his studies with Franz Nikolaus Jung in Worms. When he was 17 years old he started to work as litograph. His first important work was a panorama over the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne. Between 1833 and 1841 Becker studied at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf, his professors were Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Wilhelm von Schadow. In 1842 he became professor of genre painting and landscape painting at the Städel in Frankfurt.
Kunst
Becker broke with the lofty attitude of much Biblical historical painting in the Städel creating his profane scenes. As the first professor of landscape and genre painting, he sought his subjects in the countryside and was especially interested in the social problems of the peasantry. He used much realistic detail and emotional gesture.
He was also open to French influences. In 1858 he offered to share his studio with Gustave Courbet and - despite having to endure some rudeness from the French artist - Becker accepted some of his stylistic influences.
Jakob Becker has taught successfully at the academy for thirty years. Some of his pupils were to form the Kronberg Painters' Colony one generation later.
One of his best-known works was “Praying Peasant Family.”
Literature
- Wolfgang Metternich: Jakob Becker, der Lehrer der Kronberger Maler. Hrsg. von der Museumsgesellschaft Kronberg e.V. Frankfurt am Main. Kramer Verlag, 1991
- Wolfgang Metternich: Der Maler Jakob Becker. Ein Frankfurter Lehrer und Wegbereiter im 19. Jahrhundert. Ausstellung im Firmenmuseum der Hoechst AG, Höchster Schloss, 17. März 1985 bis 20. April 1985. Hoechst AG, Frankfurt a. M. 1985
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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