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Georg Jauss (15 March 1867, in Hattenhofen – 6 March 1922, in
/ref> In 1883, he became a fellow at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Stuttgart. Jakob Grünenwald was one of his instructors; his fellow students included
Dachau Tourism: Artists' House of Georg Jauss
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jauss, Georg 1867 births 1922 deaths Landscape painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists
Georg Jauss (15 March 1867, in Hattenhofen – 6 March 1922, in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
) was a German landscape painter
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...
who worked in Bavaria
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.
Life
Jauss was the eldest of six children born to Anna Maria and Leonhard Jauss (a mason and farmer). From 1873 to 1880, he attended the elementary school in Hattenhofen, where the Pastor discovered that he had talent for drawing and arranged for him to take lessons atGöppingen
Göppingen (Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the bi ...
.Georg Jauss.de, timeline/ref> In 1883, he became a fellow at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Stuttgart. Jakob Grünenwald was one of his instructors; his fellow students included
Christian Landenberger
Christian Adam Landenberger (7 April 1862, Ebingen - 13 February 1927, Stuttgart) was a German Impressionist painter and a professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. He is especially known for his landscapes.
Life
He was the secon ...
and Bernhard Buttersack.
He took a study trip to Italy in the summer of 1890 and, after his military service, went to the Dachau District where his interests changed from genre painting to landscapes. In 1895, he became a teacher at the Munich Association of Women Artists and joined the Munich Secession
The Munich Secession was an association of visual artists who broke away from the mainstream Munich Artists' Association in 1892, to promote and defend their art in the face of what they considered official paternalism and its conservative polic ...
but, only four years later, resigned Association and disassociated himself from the Secession. From 1906 to 1913, he was a member of the Luitpold Group, an association of slightly modernist tendencies that promoted high-quality art, then he returned to the Secession.
He was married twice and had two children. In 1919, he became a naturalized citizen of Bavaria. He died of a stroke and is buried in the Old North Cemetery, Munich.
References
Sources and further reading
*Jauss, J. und Dr. Best, B.: ''Georg Jauss 1867-1922, Landschaftsmaler der Jahrhundertwende in Bayern.'' Dachau 2010, *Thieme, Becker: ''Künstlerlexikon'' (Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler), Verlag W. Engelmann, 1907-1947, Leipzig *Nagel G.K.: ''Schwäbisches Künstlerlexikon''. K & A, Stuttgart 1986 *Thiemann, C.: ''Erinnerungen eines Dachauer Malers'', Dachau 1967 *Reitmeier, L.J.: ''Dachau, ein Kunstbilderbuch''. Dachau 1995 *Walter E.: ''Hattenhofer Bilderbogen''. Gemeindeverwaltung Hattenhofen, 1984 *Frei, W.: "Malerisches Erbe zwischen Isar und Loisach", Hirmer, 2018External links
Dachau Tourism: Artists' House of Georg Jauss
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jauss, Georg 1867 births 1922 deaths Landscape painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists