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Jakob Becker
Jakob Becker

Jakob Becker

German, 1810 – 1872
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Jakob Becker was a German artist noted mainly for his genre paintings of peasants.

He was born in Dittelsheim at Worms, and began his studies with Franz Nikolaus Jung in Worms. When he was 17 years old he started to work as a lithographer. His first important work was a panorama over the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne. Between 1833 and 1841 Becker studied at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf; his professors were Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Wilhelm von Schadow. In 1842 he became professor of genre painting and landscape painting at the Städel in Frankfurt.

Becker is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. He broke with the lofty attitude of much Biblical historical painting in the Städel creating his profane scenes. As the first professor of landscape and genre painting, he sought his subjects in the countryside and was especially interested in the social problems of the peasantry. He used much realistic detail and emotional gesture.

He was also open to French influences. In 1858 he offered to share his studio with Gustave Courbet and – despite having to endure some rudeness from the French artist – Becker accepted some of his stylistic influences.

Becker taught successfully at the academy for thirty years. Some of his pupils were to form the Kronberg Painters' Colony one generation later.

One of his best-known works was Praying Peasant Family.

Becker died in Frankfurt am Main on 22 December 1872.

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Violinist

Violinist

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Violinist

Violinist

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Washerwomen

Washerwomen

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Wayside shrine

Wayside shrine

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Weiblicher Kopf im Profil nach links

Weiblicher Kopf im Profil nach links

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Weitgehend kahle Baumkrone in Untersicht

Weitgehend kahle Baumkrone in Untersicht

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Weitgehend kahler Baum in starker Untersicht

Weitgehend kahler Baum in starker Untersicht

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Well at a farmhouse

Well at a farmhouse

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Well by a farmhouse

Well by a farmhouse (1846)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Whetstone

Whetstone

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Wiesenlandschaft mit Bäumen

Wiesenlandschaft mit Bäumen

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman sitting on the floor

Woman sitting on the floor

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman with basket

Woman with basket

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman with bonnet

Woman with bonnet

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman with reading child

Woman with reading child

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman, grasping

Woman, grasping

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Woman’s head

Woman’s head

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Wooden gate in Seckbach

Wooden gate in Seckbach (1841)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer

Young farmer

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer

Young farmer

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer to the right

Young farmer to the right

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer with cap

Young farmer with cap

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer with rake

Young farmer with rake

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmer

Young farmer

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young farmwoman

Young farmwoman

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young girl with child

Young girl with child

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young man’s head en face

Young man’s head en face

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Young peasant woman, half figure

Young peasant woman, half figure

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Zur Strecke gebrachter Steinbock

Zur Strecke gebrachter Steinbock

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Zur Strecke gebrachter Steinbock

Zur Strecke gebrachter Steinbock

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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