Jakub Schikaneder

Jakub Schikaneder (born February 27, 1855 in Prague ; † November 15, 1924 there ) was a Bohemian painter .

Life

Schikaneder came from the family of a German customs officer , his mother Leokadie (née Běhavá) was of Czech origin. There are different statements about the date of birth in the older literature; however, August 16, 1842 and March 1 or 15, 1855 are given. Despite the poor circumstances of the family, he was able to study. One reason for this was the family's love of art, whose ancestors included Emanuel Schikaneder , who wrote the libretto for Mozart's singspiel The Magic Flute (1791). After studying at the Prague Academy from 1871 to 1879, among others with Josef Mathias Trenkwald and Jan Swerts, and in Munich with Gabriel von Max and in Paris he was involved with Emanuel Krescenc Liška in furnishing the royal box in the National Theater . However, these works were lost in the fire in 1881. He then traveled through Europe, visiting Germany, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and France. From 1891 to 1923 he taught at the Prague School of Applied Arts . He was one of the admirers of the Munich School at the end of the 19th century. He is buried in the Vinohrady cemetery in Prague.

Works

Plečka (1887)

Old Prager Winkel , oil on canvas, 1900–1905

Schikaneder painted pictures with a melancholy touch, mostly with elderly, poor or outcast people. Other popular motifs were autumn and winter, corners of Prague, alleys and banks of the Vltava, usually in the early evening or covered by fog. His first known work was the painting "Lollarde".

Herbalist , 1882
Sad homecoming or gloomy homecoming , 1886/87
Murder in the Home , 1890 ( picture )
Old Prager Winkel , 1900–1905
Winter Evening in the City , 1907–1909
Towards evening on the Hradschin , 1909–1913

literature

Schikaneder, Jacob . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 64 .
Schikaneder, Jacob. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 555 ( archive.org ).
V. Kratinová: Schikaneder Jakub. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 129 f. (Direct links on p. 129 , p. 130 ).
Bernd Krimmel (Ed.): Czech Art 1878–1914. On the way to the modern age. Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt 1984, p. 302 f. (Catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Mathildenhöhe , November 18, 1984 to February 3, 1985).
Tomáš Vlček: Jakub (Jacob) Schikaneder, 1855–1924 . Národní galerie, Prague 1998, ISBN 80-7035-169-1 (exhibition catalog).

Web links

Commons : Jakub Schikaneder - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Jakub Schikaneder in the catalog of the German National Library
CV in Czech language
Jacob Schikaneder (Czech, 1855-1924). artnet.de

Individual evidence

↑ Schikaneder, Jacob . In: Catalog of the painting gallery in the Rudolphinum artists' house in Prague . KUK Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase, Prague 1889, p. 270–271 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
^ Yearbook of Fine Arts . German Yearbook Society, Berlin 1902, Sp. 222 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Schikaneder, Jacob . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 197 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Jakub Schikaneder . In: Almanac České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění . Nákladem České Academy, Prague 1895, p. 26 (Czech, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
↑ Schikaneder, Jacob. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 555 ( archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schikaneder, Jakub
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schikaneder, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	bohemian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1924
Place of death	Prague

[1] Schikaneder, Jacob . In: Catalog of the painting gallery in the Rudolphinum artists' house in Prague . KUK Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase, Prague 1889, p. 270–271 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[2] Yearbook of Fine Arts . German Yearbook Society, Berlin 1902, Sp. 222 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] Schikaneder, Jacob . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 197 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Jakub Schikaneder . In: Almanac České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění . Nákladem České Academy, Prague 1895, p. 26 (Czech, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[5] Schikaneder, Jacob. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/2, sheets 33–67: Saal – Zwengauer. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1901, p. 555 ( archive.org ).