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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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Woman sitting on the floor

Woman sitting on the floor

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Peasant with hat and walking stick

Peasant with hat and walking stick

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Evening meadow landscape

Evening meadow landscape

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

Grape picker (female) (ca. 1856)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Farmer with a fur cap

Farmer with a fur cap

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Farm girl

Farm girl

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Germania mit flammendem Schwert

Germania mit flammendem Schwert

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

Head of a cow

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Berglandschaft mit einer Burg

Berglandschaft mit einer Burg (1836)

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

Weitgehend kahler Baum in starker Untersicht

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Studienblatt; Ein sitzender Junge und ein sitzender Mann

Studienblatt; Ein sitzender Junge und ein sitzender Mann

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Alter Baum an einem Mauerstück

Alter Baum an einem Mauerstück

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

Kinder, einen Wagen ziehend

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Studienblatt; Auf der Erde sitzende Frau

Studienblatt; Auf der Erde sitzende Frau

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Alte Bäume und Ausblick auf weite Ebene

Alte Bäume und Ausblick auf weite Ebene

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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