Johann Jacob Gensler (21 January 1808, Hamburg - 26 January 1845, Hamburg) was a German etcher and painter; specializing in genre scenes and landscapes.

Life and work

His father was a gold plater. He received his first drawing lessons from his older brother, Günther, as did his younger brother, . This was followed by studies with Wilhelm Tischbein in Eutin, then with

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in Hamburg. From 1828 to 1831, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1832, he was one of the founding members of the . His etchings of sailors, and illustrations for the folk ballad, "Der Edelknabe und die Müllerin" (The Noble Boy and the Miller, from ''Lieder und Bilder'', 1844) were among his most popular. After the completion of reconstruction, following the Great Fire of Hamburg, he designed the "certificates of thanks" that were presented to Prussia, Sachsen-Meiningen,

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, Nassau, the Netherlands and England; using a Medieval

miniature painting Miniature painting may refer to: * Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small illustration used to decorate an illuminated manuscript * Persian miniature, a small painting on paper in the Persian tradition, for a book or album * Ottoman miniatu ...

technique. All three Gensler brothers were members of the . He was interred in the family grave at Ohlsdorf Cemetery. A street was named after them in Hamburg's Barmbek district. In 2019, his works were part of a major exhibition: "Hamburger Schule – Das 19. Jahrhundert neu entdeckt", at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Sources

* Gerhard Ahrens: "Gensler, Jacob", In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Eds.): ''Hamburgische Biografie'', Vol.1. Christians, Hamburg 2001, pg.103 * Fritz Bürger: ''Die Gensler, drei Hamburger Malerbrüder des 19. Jahrhunderts'', Heitz, Straßburg 1888
Online
* Fritz Bürger: ''Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte'': "Die Genseler, drei Hamburger Malerbrüder des 19. Jahrhunderts", 1916 * (Article on all three brothers) * Silke Reuther: ''Johann Jacob Gensler: Ein Maler aus Hamburg (1808-1845)'', Berlin 1998. * Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: "Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein und seine Schüler in Eutin", in: ''Nordelbingen'', Vol.81, 2012, pp. 39–71 * Henry A. Smith: "Mit den Augen eines Malers – Eutin und das östliche Holstein in den Briefen des jungen Jacob Gensler". In: ''Nordelbingen'', Vol.84, 2015, pp. 85–130

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