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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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Grape picker (female)

Grape picker (female) (ca. 1856)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Grape picker (female)

Grape picker (female) (ca. 1856)

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Grape vine

Grape vine

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Großer offener Herd in einer Küche

Großer offener Herd in einer Küche

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group in a room

Group in a room

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group in front of a house

Group in front of a house

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of children

Group of children

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of figures in the open

Group of figures in the open

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of figures

Group of figures

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of three girls

Group of three girls

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of trees by a lane

Group of trees by a lane

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group of trees

Group of trees

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group underneath a tree

Group underneath a tree

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Group underneath a tree

Group underneath a tree

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Grove on a slope

Grove on a slope (1840)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Grove with two children

Grove with two children (1844)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Gruppe um einen lautespielenden, laubbekränzten Mann

Gruppe um einen lautespielenden, laubbekränzten Mann

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Gruppe von Bauern im Freien

Gruppe von Bauern im Freien

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Halbfiguriger Männerakt mit Hirtenstab

Halbfiguriger Männerakt mit Hirtenstab

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hände einer betenden Person

Hände einer betenden Person

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Head of a cow

Head of a cow

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Heimkehrende Frau mit Kindern

Heimkehrende Frau mit Kindern

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hessian farmwoman

Hessian farmwoman

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hessian reaper

Hessian reaper

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hessischer Bauer, nach links stehend

Hessischer Bauer, nach links stehend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Heuwagen auf einem Hohlweg, an einem Haus vorbeifahrend

Heuwagen auf einem Hohlweg, an einem Haus vorbeifahrend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Heuwagen und bärtige Gewandfigur eines Heiligen

Heuwagen und bärtige Gewandfigur eines Heiligen

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hill

Hill

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Hohlweg, auf eine Ortschaft zuführend

Hohlweg, auf eine Ortschaft zuführend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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In die Ferne blickendes Mädchen

In die Ferne blickendes Mädchen

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