Henriette Jügel
Henriette Elisabetha Jeanette Jügel (born January 11, 1778 in Remagen , † March 12, 1850 in Gummersbach ) was a German landscape and portrait painter. The oldest view of Gummersbach comes from her.
family
Henriette Jügel came in 1778 as the fifth child of the married couple Johann Friedrich Jügel and Anna Wilhelmine, nee. Kirberger, in Remagen to the world. The mother came from Bendorf and was the daughter of the merchant and lay judge Anton Kirberger. Henriette's father, an experimental chemist and calico manufacturer, moved with the family to Berlin in 1785 after more or less unsuccessful attempts at textile dyeing in Vallendar , Remagen and Düren , where he died around 1800.
Almost without exception, the Jügel children developed artistic and aesthetic talents: Henriette's older brother Friedrich taught copperplate engraving as a professor at the Royal Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin, and some drawings of historical scenes come from younger brother Carl , an art and publishing bookseller in Frankfurt am Main literary works; For example, he wrote one of the earliest travel descriptions from Frankfurt in the then almost undeveloped and very impassable Oberbergische along with a description of parts of it. The sisters Louise and Christiane learned to play the harp for their positions as partners at the Prussian royal court . Finally, the family talent for drawing and painting was passed on to the next generation in the person of Henriette's nieces Adeline Jaeger , Alwine Schroedter and above all Louise Desert .
Life
Henriette Jügel successfully studied drawing, landscape and portrait painting (with a focus on miniatures) at the Berlin Academy and was exhibited there several times.
After the death of her father, the widow moved in 1806 with her daughters Henriette and Christiane to Gummersbach to live with Louise, who was married there and who had married Daniel, a son of the "first Gummersbach millionaire" Johann Peter Heuser . In her new home, Henriette continued to paint - in 1807 the oldest view of the church village was made - as well as drawing embroidery patterns. She also taught embroidery in the girls' boarding school founded by Sister Christiane. Henriette Jügel remained unmarried, be it out of inclination or “for reasons of circumstance”.
Even at an early age, Henriette showed the first signs of psychosis . Later her mind became more and more confused. Since the symptoms of her illness were rather harmless in nature, Henriette Jügel - financially supported by her brother Carl and her brother-in-law Daniel Heuser - was able to roam freely in her adopted home town. Gummersbach's first painter was given the coarse-loving nickname “the dolle Jette” from her fellow citizens, usually accompanied by a goat on a leash on her walks. Respected and well protected, the artist spent her old age at her brother-in-law's house and died there in 1850.
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Pictures at exhibitions at the Berlin Academy
| year | designation | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|
| 1794 | A landscape with deers, drawn in pen after Ridinger | No. 184 |
| 1795 | La bonne petite sœur, a pen drawing after Loutherbourg | No. 266 |
| 1810 | A landscape after nature in water colors | # 116 |
| 1810 | Two portraits from nature, signature paintings | No. 117 |
| 1810 | A signature portrait | No. 118 |
| 1812 | A portrait under light, knee, signature painting | No. 152 |
More pictures with details of their whereabouts
| year | designation | Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|
| 1797 | The Count , miniature portrait | Düsseldorf, private property |
| around 1800 | o. Bez .; Representing HJ's sister Louise, miniature portrait | Düsseldorf, private property |
| around 1807 | Baumhof (view of Alt-Gummersbach), watercolor | City of Gummersbach (formerly California, USA, private property) |
| around 1807 | o. Bez .; HJ's sister-in-law Johanna Heuser, miniature portrait | Feldafing , private property |
| around 1807 | o. Bez .; Depicting HJ's mother, watercolor | USA, privately owned |
| around 1807 | o. Bez .; Performing Johann Peter Heuser , watercolor | Gleschendorf , private property |
| 1809 | o. Bez .; Two young women at the coffee table, gouache on parchment | Berlin , City Museum Berlin |
| 1809 | o. Bez .; Seated woman with two children, gouache on parchment | Berlin , City Museum Berlin |
| circa 1815 | o. Bez .; Half-length portrait of a Prussian officer, miniature on ivory | ?, formerly Hamburg, collection A. Jaffé (commented on cat. Rudolph Lepke -Berlin 1912, no. 223 [with ill.]) |
| ? | unmarked miniature | Wuppertal-Barmen?, Collection G. Muthmann (Leo R. Schidlof: La miniature en Europe aux 16e, 17e, 18e et 19e siècles, Graz 1964 , vol. 1, p. 425) |
literature
- Leo R. Schidlof : La miniature en Europe aux 16e, 17e, 18e et 19e siècles. Graz 1964, Vol. 1, p. 425
- Jürgen Woelke: Old Gummersbach in contemporary images and views . 2 volumes. Edited by Ernst-Herbert Ullenboom. Publisher E. Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1975/1980.
- Ingeborg Wittichen: Oberbergische painters of the 19th century from the family Jügel / Heuser . Published by the Museum des Oberbergisches Land at Homburg Castle on behalf of the Oberbergischer Kreis, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, Celle 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Arnold: Jügel watercolor: A piece of Gummersbach returns home. In: Oberbergische Volkszeitung . March 6, 2015, accessed February 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jügel, Henriette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jügel, Henriette Elisabetha Jeanette (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1850 |
| Place of death | Gummersbach |