Georg Carl August Herman Jess b. 1841

  • Artist (Painter)
Upheavals in his homeland of Denmark prompted Georg Jess to emigrate to Australia in 1864. He settled with his new wife in Victoria where he worked as a church painter and decorator.
Name
Georg Carl August Herman Jess
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Church painter (ANZSIC code: 3244)
  • Signwriter (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Wood-grainer (ANZSIC code: 14)
  • Art decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1841
Birth place
Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark
Death date
1923
Active Period
  • c.1886
Residence
  • Bendigo, Vic.
  • Emerald Hill, Vic. (Now South Melbourne. )
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870