Johann Jakob Beck (painter, 1786)

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Johann Jakob Beck (born October 13, 1786 in Schaffhausen ; † August 15, 1868 there ) was a painter and drawing teacher .

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Johann Jakob Beck was the son of the pastry baker Alexander Beck zum kleine Weinberg , Unterstadt 40, and Maria Ursula, whose father was also a painter (and glazier). At first Beck worked as a restorer of oil paintings, later he was a drawing teacher. He lived on the Schaffhauser Hintergasse in the house on the rear Dornhan .

He is considered to be an essential "savior" of the Munot , which was in a precarious state of disintegration, and founded the Munot Association, which he chaired. Some works have been preserved from his work, in particular he made drawings of buildings threatened by demolition and decay as well as illustrations for the annual New Year's papers . As early as 1839, the Munot was largely preserved.

Beck retired in 1851. According to Hans Wilhelm Harder (1810–1872), his pupil, his years of age were overshadowed by letting go. After a short illness, he died on August 15, 1868. The daily newspaper of August 18 published an obituary by his pupil and later eager successor, the aforementioned Hans Wilhelm Harder. The Munotverein founded by Beck in 1839 had a bust of Beck by C. Bührer, Paris, set up on the Munotzinne. A full-length statuette by Beck in clay, bronze and plaster casts has been preserved by Johann Jakob Oechslin .

Works

Destruction of Balm Castle : The people of Schaffhausen carry away the castle bell (today in the Fronwaagturm ). Romantic steel engraving after a drawing by Johann Jacob Beck, original in the Museum zu Allerheiligen
  • View of the Alpine chain from the heights near Schaffhausen , 1822, Vorarlberg – Blüemlisalp
  • Round view from Munot , 1826. 4 sheets (lithographs, originals disappeared).
  • Old Schaffhausen: Schaffhausen views (86)
  • The Austrians in Felsgasse.
  • View of Lake Lucerne. Fort Joux. Privately owned.

literature

  • Reinhard Frauenfelder: Seventy pictures from old Schaffhausen. 1937.
  • R. Beck: Johann Jacob Beck . In: Schaffhauser Contributions to History. Biographies Volume I . 33rd year 1956, pp. 205–209 ( PDF, 92 kB )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Frauenfelder: Seventy pictures from old Schaffhausen. 1937.
  2. ^ R. Beck: Johann Jacob Beck . In: Schaffhauser Contributions to History. Biographies Volume I . 33rd year 1956, pp. 205–209 ( PDF, 92 kB )
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beck, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1868
Place of death Schaffhausen