Carl Jakob Frankenbach
Carl Jakob Frankenbach (born October 17, 1861 in Nieder-Oberrod near Idstein , † November 7, 1937 in Wiesbaden ) was a German painter .
life and work
Frankenbach was born the son of a teacher. In 1864 his family moved to Langenseifen , and in 1866 to Massenheim . After attending secondary school in Idstein and graduating from secondary school in Wiesbaden, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1881 , then at the academies in Berlin and Antwerp. After trips abroad, which took him to France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Italy, he settled in Wiesbaden in 1896 as a freelance painter. In 1905 he moved his residence and studio to the Wiesbaden Aukamm.
Frankenbach is best known for his soldier pictures, city pictures and uniform studies. He illustrated the old Nassau calendar. The collection of Nassau antiquities in the Wiesbaden Museum contains numerous works by the artist. Frankenbach was considered "the painting chronicler of the Nassauer Land ."
The Carl-Jakob-Frankenbach-Weg is named after him in Idstein's inner city .
literature
- Otto Renkhoff : Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau Volume 39). Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-92224490-4 , p. 201.
Web links
- Lecture in the city archive commemorates the painter Carl Jakob Frankenbach. On the website of the city of Wiesbaden.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frankenbach, Carl Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frankenbach, Karl Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nieder-Oberrod near Idstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1937 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |