Jakob Nussbaum
Leading German Impressionist painter
Jakob Nussbaum was born in Rhina near Kassel in 1873. The family moved to Frankfurt am Main where he was educated for a career in commerce. From 1893 to 1896 he studied art in Munich, followed by a successful career as a painter of landscapes, still lives, and portraits in Frankfurt. He joined the Berlin Secession became one of the leading representatives of German impressionism. During World War I he was drafted to document the war as an artist. As a devoted Jew and Zionist, he emigrated to Palestine together with his wife and his children soon after 1933, settling at Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), where he continued to paint landscapes until his death in 1936.
Artworks by this artist
- In the mountains of Judah 1925
- Position off Verdun 1917
- View of the Main 1923
- Self-portrait 1927
- Street in Laon 1916
- Jerusalem, Blick auf Ölberg und Tempelplatz von Südwest 1925
- Farmstead in Ardon 1916
- Jerusalem am Ölberg von Nord 1925
- Evening at Lake Kinereth 1925
- Street in Bouconville 1916
- Jerusalem vor der Omar-Moschee 1925
- Die Katharinenkirche in Frankfurt am Main
- Soldaten auf die Front sehend 1916
- Zerschossene Straße in Corbeny 1916
- Military army camp outside Reims 1916
- Winterlandschaft, Unterengadin 1930
- Street in Tiberias 1925
- Farmstead in Nagybãnya 1896
- Farmstead in Ardon. 1916
- On the Beach at Port Said 1925