Jean Mannheim
Jean Mannheim (born November 18, 1863 in Kreuznach , † September 6, 1945 in Pasadena ) was a German-American painter.
Mannheim began to paint portraits as an autodidact . He also learned the bookbinding trade. At the age of 17 he left his parents' home and went on a hike across Germany, earning his living as a painter and bookbinder. To avoid military service, he fled to France. There he began his painting studies at the Académie Colarossi , Académie Julian and William Adolphe Bouguereau . During his stay in France, he took the French form of his name (Jean).
In 1884 he emigrated to the United States . In Chicago he painted portraits and taught at the Decatur art school.
He visited Paris several times to refine his art and to maintain acquaintances with Parisian artists.
From 1903 to 1905 he taught at Frank Brangwyn's painting school in London . He then taught at the Denver Art School until 1908 , where his students a. a. Rudolph Weisenborn belonged.
In Paris he met his wife, Eunice Drennan, who gave birth to two daughters. In 1908 the couple settled in Pasadena, California, where Mannheim built a villa on the banks of the Arroyo Seco.
In 1914 Mannheim co-founded the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena, where he worked as a teacher.
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| SURNAME | Mannheim, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreuznach |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1945 |
| Place of death | Pasadena |