John Recknagel
John Herman Recknagel,also known asJohn H. Recknagel the Younger(12 October 1870,Brooklyn– 1940,Fouesnant) was an American painter, residing in France, who worked mostly inBrittany.
Biography[edit]
His father was a wheat and spice merchant from Denmark, and his mother was German. He attended theNational Academy of Designthen, in 1891, went to France where he studied withJean-Paul Laurensat theAcadémie Julian.His first exhibit at theSaloncame in 1897.
In 1899 he and his wife, Sybil Withon, of Boston, moved toConcarneau,where he became a friend of his fellow expatriate artist,Charles Fromuth.Beginning in 1906, he and his family lived near Fouesnant in a house they built on the outskirts of town. AfterWorld War I,he made occasional visits back to the United States.[1]He is interred at the community cemetery in Fouesnant.
Specializing in landscapes and portraits, he focused on Brittany and his native New York, but also painted scenes from the places he visited; such as Dresden and venice.[2]He never exhibited widely or made any significant effort to sell his works; being able to depend on an inheritance.
TheMusée des Beaux-Arts de Pont-Avenpresented a major retrospective of his works in 1998.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abBiographies in French and EnglishArchived2015-09-23 at theWayback Machine@ Concarneau Peintres
- ^Musée Pont-Aven
Further reading[edit]
- David Sellin and Catherine Puget:Peintres américains en Bretagne - 1864 - 1914,Pont-Aven, 1995ISBN2-910128-05-9
- Catherine Puget and Gaëlle Lennon:John Recknagel 1871-1940,exhibition catalog, 1998, Musée de Pont-Aven
External links[edit]
Media related toJohn Recknagelat Wikimedia Commons
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