Jacques Reich (10 August 1852 – 8 July 1923) was a Hungarian portrait

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, active mainly in the United States.

Biography

He first studied art in Budapest. In 1873, he came to the U.S. and continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in

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and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1879, he went to Paris to study for a year under the noted painters William-Adolphe Bouguereau and

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. In 1880, Reich returned to Philadelphia, and in 1885 moved to New York and established a studio there. For some years he devoted himself to portraits for '' Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography'', numbering over 2,000, and most of the portraits for ''Scribner’s Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings''. In addition he made many pen and ink illustrations for magazines and text books. In the early nineties, he turned to etchings on copper and specialized in this field for over 25 years. He etched and published some 14 portraits of American and English authors, poets and artists, and a series of portraits of Famous Americans number some 25 subjects. In addition he executed many private commissions for etched portraits, among them Whitelaw Reid, E. H. Harriman,

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, Nelson W. Aldrich, Charles B. Alexander and

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. In 1892 he married Caroline Bellinger, daughter of Emil Bellinger of Frankfurt, Germany. He then became a resident of New Dorp, Staten Island, and lived there until his death on July 8, 1923.JacquesReich.com
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Gallery

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External links

Jacques Reich - GalleryJacques Reich Portrait Prints, 1890–1923, undated, PR 102
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New-York Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reich, Jacques American portrait painters 1852 births 1923 deaths American etchers Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States Painters from Austria-Hungary National Academy of Design alumni 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American printmakers People from New Dorp, Staten Island 20th-century American male artists