Jacob Janssen b. 9 December 1779

Also known as Jacob Jansen, Jacob Janssens
  • Artist (Painter)
Landscape, still-life and portrait painter, was born 1779 at Einlage, Prussia. He was trained by Signor Piesio Ancora, a member of the School of Naples, and recorded his extensive travels in his diary. He painted up until a year before his death in 1856. After one brief period of notoriety, he seems to have been forgotten.
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Name
Jacob Janssen
Also known as:
  • Jacob Jansen
  • Jacob Janssens
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
9 December 1779
Birth place
Einlage, Prussia
Death date
30 July 1856
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Camperdown Cemetery, Camperdown, NSW
Active Period
  • 1811 - 1855
Arrival
  • 5 December 1840 (Sydney NSW on board the Louisa Campbell)
Residence
  • 1819 - 1831 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 5 December 1840 - 30 July 1856 Sydney, NSW
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Singapore
  • India
  • United States
  • 1818 Germany
  • c.1809 - c.1815 Philadelphia, USA
Cultural Heritage
  • German
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Janssen, Jacob, 'Diary, 1807-40', Manuscript B985/CY918, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Synopsis and translation by John Fletcher, Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1976), 'The Respectable Sydney Merchant: A.B. Spark of Tempe', Sydney, NSW, Australia; Abbott, G. and Little, G. (eds.).>, <ExternalResource: Bruce, C. (1989), 'Jacob Janssen', Art and Australia, (Autumn).>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, J. and Broadbent, J. (1980), 'Gothick Taste in the Colony of New South Wales', Sydney, NSW, Australia.>, <ExternalResource: McDonald, P.R. and Pearce, B. (1988), 'The Artist and the Patron', Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW, Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Watkins, J. (1988), 'Stories of Australian Art', Commonwealth Institute catalogue, London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), Australian Financial Review. 06-29.>, <ExternalResource: (1847), Heads of the People, 08-28.>, <ExternalResource: (1841), Sydney Gazette, 12-30.>, <ExternalResource: 'Album of w/c sketches of India and Manila', B1335, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (2 vols).>, <ExternalResource: 'Death Certificate', DOC 29/5, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.>] [<ExternalResource: Janssen, Jacob, 'Diary, 1807-40', Manuscript B985/CY918, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Synopsis and translation by John Fletcher, Department of Germanic Studies, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW.>]