Jean Spessart
Jean Spessart (born March 27, 1886 in Euskirchen ; † March 14, 1961 there ) was a German landscape painter .
Life
Jean Spessart was born as the son of Anna Gelhausen and Jakob Spessart, who ran a building and furniture workshop in Euskirchen with his brother Richard. The house where he was born, which was destroyed in the Second World War , was on Annaturmstrasse, near Annaturmplatz. The family probably came from the village of Spessart in the Eifel .
Even as a child, Jean Spessart drew and painted and his teachers noticed him because of his talent. He attended the Westschule in Euskirchen and then continued his education at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Cologne . Already at the beginning of the 20th century he attracted attention with his pictures at the exhibition for handicrafts and trades on the former Tivoli in Euskirchen. Later he traveled a lot through foreign countries in order to expand his skills. But he was always drawn back to his hometown, where he became a recognized native painter and often chose motifs from the western city .
Spessart could not achieve any financial success with his pictures, but was sponsored by the Euskirchen cloth manufacturer Toni Ruhr, on whose behalf he made many works. During the war, he was committed to the rescue and preservation of cultural assets. Some of his drawings and oil paintings are now owned by the city of Euskirchen. In the last years of his life Spessart went blind and the city administration took care of him.
In the city center of Euskirchen, the Jean Spessart-Strasse between Cologne and Emil-Fischer-Strasse is named after him.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spessart, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Euskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1961 |
| Place of death | Euskirchen |