Jacques Reich
Jacques Reich | |
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| Born | August 10, 1852 Waniskoltz,[1] Austrian Empire |
| Died | July 8, 1923 (aged 70) Dunraven, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Education | National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupation | Etcher |
| Spouse | Caroline Bellinger |
| Children | 3 |
Jacques Reich (10 August 1852 – 8 July 1923) was a Hungarian portrait etcher, active mainly in the United States.
Biography
[edit]He first studied art in Budapest. In 1873, he came to the United States and continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.[1] In 1879, he went to Paris to study for a year under the noted painters William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury.
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, H. H. Rogers, Nelson W. Aldrich, Charles B. Alexander, John William Mackay, George William Curtis,[2] John Paul Jones,[3] President William McKinley,[3][4] and President Grover Cleveland.[4]
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. He died on July 8, 1923, in Dunraven, New York.[5]
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. Supplement. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ "A Notable Etching". Brooklyn Eagle. 1907-11-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "From Jacques Reich". New-York Tribune. 1905-12-13. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "In The World of Art". Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine). 1906-04-14. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for Jacques Reich". The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts). 1923-07-12. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- Jacques Reich - Gallery
- Jacques Reich Portrait Prints, 1890–1923, undated, PR 102, at the New-York Historical Society.
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| National | |
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- 1852 births
- 1923 deaths
- 19th-century American painters
- 19th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 20th-century American printmakers
- 20th-century American male artists
- American portrait painters
- American etchers
- American male painters
- Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
- National Academy of Design alumni
- Painters from Austria-Hungary
- People from New Dorp, Staten Island