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Joseph Ferdinand Becker (1846–1877) was a German painter.

Ferdinand Becker
Scene from the Song of Roland
Born	(1846-07-02)2 July 1846 Gonsenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Died	21 August 1877(1877-08-21) (aged 31) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Nationality	German
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism

Life

He was born at Gonsenheim on 2 July 1846, the son of an innkeeper. Becker's father was initially opposed to him following an artistic career, but was eventually persuaded otherwise by the painter August Gustav Lasinsky who was decorating a church at Finthen. Lasinsky – an artist working under the influence of the Nazarene Brotherhood – took Becker on as a pupil between 1865 and 1868, and Becker assisted his teacher on decorations at the church of St Ignaz in Mainz, and at Mainz Cathedral.[1] In 1868 he moved to Frankfurt, where he studied under Eduard von Steinle at the Städel Kunstinstitut.[1] Steinle encouraged him to make works illustrating folk tales, which he executed in watercolour.[2]

His growing reputation led to a commission from the Prince Georg zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg to decorate the chapel of Löwenstein Castle at Kleinheubach am Main (1870–1) and in 1872 he painted an altarpiece for the church of St Peter in Mainz.[1] Becker's work was in great demand: his most celebrated picture, Der Jude im Dorn (1874–5), a watercolour illustrating the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm[3] was purchased for the royal collection Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden for 4,500 marks,[1] and his last major work, "Die Rolandsknappen", a cycle of five watercolours, was bought by the city of Mainz in 1876.[1] It is now in the collection of the Landesmuseum Mainz.[4][2]

In April 1877 he moved to Munich to work for King Ludwig II of Bavaria, but died of typhus there on 21 August 1877, aged 31.[1] His body was returned to Gosenheim for burial.[1]

He is sometimes known as "Maler Becker",[1] meaning simply "Painter Becker".

References

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Becker, Ferdinand". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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[de] Ferdinand Becker (Maler)

Joseph Ferdinand Becker (* 2. Juli 1846 in Gonsenheim; † 21. August 1877 in München), auch bekannt als der „Maler Becker“, war ein Maler von Heiligenbildnissen und Märchenszenen im 19. Jahrhundert.

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- [en] Ferdinand Becker

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[fr] Ferdinand Becker

Ferdinand Becker, né le 3 juillet 1846 à Mainz-Gonsenheim près de Mayence et mort le 21 août 1877 à Munich, est un peintre hessois.

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