Jean Jacoby
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| gold | 1924 | painting |
| gold | 1928 | Drawings and watercolors |
Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby (born March 26, 1891 in Luxembourg ; † September 9, 1936 in Mulhouse ) was a Luxembourg artist and Olympic champion.
Life
After his childhood in Molsheim ( Alsace ), Jean Jacoby made his art studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg. Jacoby became an art teacher (1912-1918) and went as a church painter to Wiesbaden , later to Strasbourg, where he took over the artistic direction of a printing company. From 1926 to 1934 he worked in Strasbourg as a draftsman for newspapers at Ullstein Verlag. In 1934 he moved back to Mulhouse, where he suffered a fatal heart attack in 1936.
At the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928 he was awarded a gold medal in the art competitions . Jacoby is considered the most successful Olympic artist, he is the only one who could win two gold medals in the competitions held from 1912 to 1948.
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| SURNAME | Jacoby, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacoby, Jean Lucien Nicolas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourg artist and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1936 |
| Place of death | Mulhouse |