Johann Friedrich Jännicke

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Johann Friedrich Jännicke , also Johann Friedrich Jaennicke , (born January 7, 1831 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 1, 1907 in Mainz ) was a German railway official, naturalist and art writer. Its botanical author abbreviation is " Jaennicke ".

Life

After completing commercial training, Jännicke joined the royal and grand-ducal railroad management . There he made it to the Hessische Ludwigsbahn in Mainz to the accounting council ( auditor with the rank of a government councilor ) and head of the traffic control department I (which was responsible for the cash register, among other things).

In the field of natural history, he mainly dealt with entomology and in this especially with the Diptera . On October 6, 1899 Jännicke was accepted into the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . An insect collection named after him is kept in Frankfurt's Senckenberg Museum . In addition, botanical publications can also be found, for example on the genus of plane trees , some of which he described for the first time.

In the field of art history, he published numerous handbooks and historical treatises on the various painting techniques and ceramics, some of which were considered standard works, appeared in many new editions and were also translated into foreign languages. He also dealt with questions of art theory, for example the topic of color harmonies. He also published local travel guides under the pseudonym Friedrich Montanus .

Publications

  • Handbook of watercolor painting. From today's point of view and in excellent application to landscape and architecture, along with an appendix on wood painting . Stuttgart 1875.
  • New exotic dipteras. In: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 6, pp. 311-407 (reprinted in 1868 under the title: New exotic dipteras from the museums in Frankfurt a. M. and Darmstadt ). (P. 311, digitized version of the Bavarian State Library, Munich)
  • Studies on the genus Platanus L. In: Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae 77, No. 2, 1899, pp. 111-226.
  • Botanical guide through the Mainz city park (new facility). 1898.
  • The harmony of colors: with special consideration for simultaneous contrast in their application in painting, in decorative art, in decorating living rooms, as well as in costume and toilet. At the same time as the second, completely revised edition of the color harmony by E. Chevreul . Stuttgart 1878. (without images)  - Internet Archive
  • Friedrich Montanus (pseudonym): The Odenwald including the Bergstrasse . 1884.
  • Jaennicke's Handbook of Oil Painting. Revised by Franz Schmid-Breitenbach. Part 2. Still life, pieces of fruit, flowers and animals, portraits, nudes, figurines . 2nd Edition. Eßlingen 1919, urn : nbn: de: gbv: wim2-g-3876224

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaennicke . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 10, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, pp.  169–170 . Jaennicke . In: Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon . 5th edition. Volume 1, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1911, p.  890 . Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists, Halle an der Saale, H. XLIII, No. 1, January 1907, p. 13.
  2. ↑ Leopoldina . Official organ of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists, Halle an der Saale, H. XLIII, No. 1, January 1907, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Jännicke, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaennicke, Johann Friedrich; Montanus, Friedrich (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway official, naturalist and art writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1907
Place of death Mainz