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Jakob Becker - Singing peasant girl

Singing peasant girl

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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Male nude with hat

Male nude with hat

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Bauernmädchen nach links

Bauernmädchen nach links

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

Farmwoman to the right

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Studienblatt; Sitzender Junge im verlorenen Profil und Brustbild einer jungen Frau mit Hut

Studienblatt; Sitzender Junge im verlorenen Profil und Brustbild einer jungen Frau mit Hut

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Treetop and tub

Treetop and tub

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Drei Hufschmiede bei der Arbeit

Drei Hufschmiede bei der Arbeit (1841)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Sitzender männlicher Akt, den Kopf auf den rechten Arm gelegt

Sitzender männlicher Akt, den Kopf auf den rechten Arm gelegt

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Edge of a wood

Edge of a wood (1850)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Artist’s studio

Artist’s studio

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Studienblatt; Kind und junge Frau

Studienblatt; Kind und junge Frau

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Sitting boy

Sitting boy

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Farmer’s wife and farm girl

Farmer’s wife and farm girl

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

Grove with two children (1844)

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Nude of a boy, crying

Nude of a boy, crying

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
Farm girl 2

Farm girl 2

Jakob Becker (German, 1810 – 1872)
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