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Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809,
Vol.1)
(1838
vol.2)(1839 and 1846)(1852)
*His lithographs include those in: Adelheid von Stolterfoth: ''Rheinischer Sagenkreis. Ein Cyclus von Romanzen, Balladen und Legenden des Rheins.'' Jügel, Frankfurt (1835)
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(English: ''The Rhenish minstrel. A Series of Ballads, traditional and legendary, of the Rhinelands''
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(Digitalizations from the University and State Library Düsseldorf)
ArtNet: Four pages of paintings by Dielmann
with links to more painting, etc. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dielmann, Jakob Furchtegott 1809 births 1885 deaths Landscape painters Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters
Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809, Frankfurt
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- 30 May 1885, Frankfurt) was a German illustrator, genre
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and landscape painter. He was also one of the co-founders of the Artists' Colony at Kronberg
Kronberg im Taunus is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Before 1866, it was in the Duchy of Nassau; in that year the whole Duchy was absorbed into Prussia. Kronberg lies at t ...
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Life
He was the son of a gardener and began by studying lithography at the J. C. Vogelschen Lithographieanstalt in Frankfurt. From 1825 to 1827, he studied with at theStädelschule
The Städelschule (), Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 students of visual a ...
. In 1835, he later attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...
on a scholarship and studied with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (5 September 1807 in Jülich – 11 September 1863 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape artist born in Jülich, within the Prussian Duchy of Jülich.
Biography
Schirmer was started as a student of historical paint ...
. He focused on genre art, but also painted plein air
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This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...
style at the Mittelrhein, the Main
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*"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries
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and throughout Hesse
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In 1841, Gerhardt von Reutern invited him to visit the Artists' Colony in Willingshausen, where he created scenes of village life. The following year, he opened a studio at the Städelschule and took further lessons with Anton Burger. In the early 1860s, he and Burger moved to Kronberg, where they founded their own artists' colony.
During the last ten years of his life, he suffered from an unspecified infirmity which hindered his ability to paint. Therefore, his oeuvre is not as extensive as it might be otherwise.
Work
*In addition to painting, he often worked as an illustrator, most notably for the four volumes of Robert Reinick's ''Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde'': (1838Vol.1)
(1838
vol.2)
*His lithographs include those in: Adelheid von Stolterfoth: ''Rheinischer Sagenkreis. Ein Cyclus von Romanzen, Balladen und Legenden des Rheins.'' Jügel, Frankfurt (1835)
nbn-resolving.de
(English: ''The Rhenish minstrel. A Series of Ballads, traditional and legendary, of the Rhinelands''
nbn-resolving.de
(Digitalizations from the University and State Library Düsseldorf)
References
Further reading
* Museumsgesellschaft Kronberg im Taunus: ''Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann – Gründer der Kronberger Malerkolonie'', W. Kramer, Frankfurt (1985)External links
ArtNet: Four pages of paintings by Dielmann
with links to more painting, etc. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dielmann, Jakob Furchtegott 1809 births 1885 deaths Landscape painters Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters