Johann Jakob Jung (painter)

Ludwig the child and Arnulf of Carinthia, Frankfurt a. Main, Römer, Kaisersaal around 1840

Johann Jakob Jung (born September 12, 1819 in Frankfurt am Main ; † June 29, 1844 there ) was a German painter of religious motifs. He was one of the supporters of the Nazarenes and is referred to as one of the Frankfurt Nazarenes.

Life

The first stage of Jung's artistic training began at an early age with an apprenticeship as a lithographer with Friedrich Carl Vogel (1806–1865) in his lithographic institute in Frankfurt am Main.

In 1834 he began studying painting at the Städel Art Institute and became a student of Philipp Veit , who was appointed head of the painting school and director of the gallery in Frankfurt in 1830.

Jung began his studies at a time when Frankfurt was developing into one of the main German locations for the Nazarenes , a style that mainly dealt with religious and Catholic content, which is also reflected in its content.

His most important works created in Frankfurt are the paintings of Ludwig the Pious and Ludwig the Child and Arnulf of Carinthia , which are located in the Emperor's Hall of the Roman in Frankfurt am Main. In the Thieme-Becker art dictionary, a painting Saint Cecilia (1842) is also mentioned first.

Jung was considered one of the most talented painters in the region and around 1842 accepted a teaching position at the Städel Art Institute. One of his students was Anton Burger .

In June 2003, Jung's drawings of Camellia 's were auctioned at the renowned auction house Christie’s in London and sold for $ 245,584.

Works (selection)

Oil painting

• Saint Cecilia . 1842
• Self-portrait . 1839
• Ludwig I , called the Pious .
• Ludwig the child and Arnulf of Carinthia (based on designs by his teacher Veit).
• Walk to Emmaus .

drawings

• A knight sees a girl (Städelsches Institut)
• Christ surrounded by a glory . (Frankfurt Art Society)

Copper engravings

• Outlines of Friedrich Rückert's Nala and Damajanti . 1839

literature

• Young, Jacob. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/2, sheets 31–61: Heideck – Mayer, Louis. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1895, p. 600 ( archive.org page missing). - (Different life data, year of birth 1820, death date June 28, 1844).
• Heinrich Weizsäcker, Albert Dessoff: Art and artists in Frankfurt am Main. Publishing house Baer, ​​Frankfurt / M. Volume 1: The Frankfurt art life in the 19th century in its basic features. 1907, p. 162 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Jung, Jakob (1819) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 322 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ christies.com