John Eduard Jacobsthal ( German: Johann Eduard Jacobsthal ; 1839-1902) - German architect and teacher .
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Biography
John Eduard Jacobstal was born on September 17, 1839 in Prussian Stargard (now Starogard Gdansk , Poland) [3] . He studied at the Danzig Academy of Arts and at the Berlin Construction Academy and then worked in the workshop of StΓΌrmer [4] .
In 1864 he traveled to France and Italy, in 1866 he successfully passed the exam for the title of architect in Berlin , in 1870-1871. participated in the construction of the βVictory Monumentβ in the German capital (according to the project of Strack) [4] [5] .
From 1868 to 1872, John Eduard Jacobstal worked as a teacher at the German Museum of Industry, and in 1870-1876. taught at the Berlin art school [4] .
Without interruption from teaching, in order to study architectural monuments, Jacobstal traveled to Denmark (1872), to England (1874), and to Italy (1875) [4] .
The most important of its buildings are railway stations in Metz, Strasbourg and Berlin ; but he made himself famous not so much with them as with the introduction of a rational system of teaching ornamentation to German art schools and the publication of the manual β Grammar of Ornament β (140 wall tables with explanatory text, 2nd ed. 1879) [4] .
John Edward Jacobstal died on January 1, 1902 in Charlottenburg .
Notes
- β 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 117610518 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012β2016.
- β Berlin Academy of Arts - 1993.
- β JACOBSTHAL, JOHANN EDUARD .
- β 1 2 3 4 5 Jacobstal, Johann-Eduard // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- β Meyers Konv. Lexik.
Literature
- Laske F. Geheimer Regierungsrath Professor Joh. E. Jacobsthal in Berlin β . In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 22. Jahrgang, Nr. 3 (11. Januar 1902), S. 18β19. (PDF-Datei; 1.41 MB)
- Hans Schliepmann . Johann Eduard Joacobsthal / Ein Gedenkblatt. In: Berliner Architekturwelt, 5. Jahrgang, Heft 2 (Mai 1902), S. 39β42.
Links
- Jacobstal, John Edward // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron . - SPb. , 1908-1913.
- JACOBSTHAL, JOHANN EDUARD .