Frederick Juengling (born Friedrich Jüngling, 8 October 1846 – 31 December 1889) was an American

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and

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Biography

Juengling was born in

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. He obtained a common school education until the age of 14 in Leipzig. Juengling then worked as an apprentice to an engraver in

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before emigrating to the United States in 1866. He studied painting at the Art Students' League in

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, adopted art as a profession, and attained much recognition as a wood engraver. He was a founder of the American Society of Wood Engravers, its first secretary 1881–1882, and was vice-president of the Art Students' League 1882–1883. He received honorable mention at the

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in 1881, and a second-class medal at an international exhibition of fine arts held in

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in 1883. He taught engravers in his own studio. Juengling was identified with what was known as the new school in wood engraving. This American system of wood engraving substituted short, broken lines and dot stippling and so forth for the regulation long lines and regular sweep of the metal engraver. Sylvester Koehler, in his paper on the United States contributed to the folio volume ''Die Radierung der Gegenwart'' ("Current engraving,"

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, 1892–93), calls him the "boldest and most inconsiderate experimenter among the pioneers of the new school," but cites his reproduction of "Monticello" as a veritable triumph of wood engraving. Juengling's reproductions of Kelly's illustrations in '' Scribner's Monthly'' (1877) is regarded by Weitenkampf as making "the first obvious, continued assertion of the new point of view." Juengling died in New York City, survived by his wife, Helen Juengling. A celebration of his life and work, and auction of his works and studio effects was held shortly after his decease at the

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Works

Engravings

* ''The Professor'', engraved after

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* ''The Voice of the Sea'', after Arthur Quartley *"In the Land of Promise," after Chas. F. Ulrich, A.N.A. 1886

Paintings

* ''The Intruder'' (1884) * ''Westward Bound'' (1884) * ''In the Street'' (1886)

Notes

External links

* https://americanart.si.edu/artist/frederick-juengling-2516

References

* ;Attributin * * This work in turn cites: ** Weitenkampf, Frank, ''American Graphic Art'' (New York, 1912). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juengling, Frederick 1846 births 1889 deaths American engravers 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters Art Students League of New York alumni Painters from Leipzig Emigrants from the Kingdom of Saxony to the United States