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Jakob Becker - Grove on a slope

Grove on a slope (1840)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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Jakob Becker

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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Germania mit flammendem Schwert

Germania mit flammendem Schwert

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Frauen und Kinder unter einem Baum

Frauen und Kinder unter einem Baum

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Ein Mann an einem zu Wasser gelassenen Boot, das Ruder in der Hand haltend, im Hintergrund der Wormser oder Speyerer Dom

Ein Mann an einem zu Wasser gelassenen Boot, das Ruder in der Hand haltend, im Hintergrund der Wormser oder Speyerer Dom

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Village surrounded by mountains

Village surrounded by mountains

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Male nude with hat

Male nude with hat

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

Heuwagen auf einem Hohlweg, an einem Haus vorbeifahrend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Gartentor aufs Feld führend

Gartentor aufs Feld führend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Knabenakt, eine Blume überreichend

Knabenakt, eine Blume überreichend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Studienblatt; Mutter mit Kind

Studienblatt; Mutter mit Kind

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

Hessischer Bauer, nach links stehend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
A group of peasant girls

A group of peasant girls

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Village with church

Village with church (1838)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Kinder, einen Wagen ziehend

Kinder, einen Wagen ziehend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Male head to the left

Male head to the left

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Hessian reaper

Hessian reaper

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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