Kurt Jäckel (artist)

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Kurt Jäckel (born May 1, 1883 in Frankfurt am Main , † 1966 in Wiesbaden ) was a German history and landscape painter, graphic artist, illustrator and wood cutter.

Education and artistic career

Jäckel studied at the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt am Main and at the Kassel Art Academy . In Frankfurt he was a master student of Wilhelm Amandus Beer , through whom he got in touch with the Kronberg painter colony . He toured Italy, France, England and the Netherlands. Later he settled in Wiesbaden. Jäckel gained a certain fame through his late Expressionist woodcuts on the subject of "Revelation", which he made from 1917 to 1923 .

Famous works

  • In the Reformation Memorial Hall in Schmalkalden: Luther and Landgrave of Hesse;
  • in the district office of Schmalkalden: Saint Elisabeth.
  • Portfolio: woodcuts (Fedor Willich, Schmalkalden 1921).

literature

  • Dreßler. In: Westermannsmonthshefte. 148 / II (1930) 435/42
  • Vollmer. Art Lexicon Volume 2 (1963)
personal data
SURNAME Jackel, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1966
Place of death Wiesbaden