Jacob Jacobs (1812 - 1879)
Jacob Jacobs
Jacobus Albertus Michael Jacobs, known as Jacob Jacobs was a Belgian landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style, with a preference for northern and "oriental" scenes. His first exhibitions came in 1833. He took a trip to the North Sea in 1834, and a final study trip through the Netherlands in 1837 produced much material. In 1838, he left on a long sea voyage that would take him to Gibraltar, the North African coast, Egypt, the Dardanelles, Istanbul (where he remained for several months), Asiatic Turkey and Rhodes.[1] While in Ankara, he met and befriended his fellow Belgian painter, Florent Mols, and they continued travelling together; sailing down the Nile as far as Nubia. During these travels, he compiled two huge albums of drawings and notes that he would use for inspiration the rest of his life.
| Date and place of birt: | 19 may 1812, Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Date and place of death: | 9 december 1879, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgium |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter |
| Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Marine art, Mountain landscape, Rural landscape |
| Art style: | Orientalism, Realism, Romanticism |
| Technique: | Oil, Oil on panel, Pencil |
