Nicolaas Wilhelm Jungmann was an English-Dutch artist. His main motifs are landscapes and figures. He also worked as a decorator, restorer and book illustrator. The originally Dutch citizen received British citizenship in 1895.
Jungmann, often written Jungman in English, was born in Amsterdam, where he received his first drawing lessons from a church and mural painter. Later he studied there at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten). A scholarship brought him to London. The naturalized Briton married Beatrix Mackay and the two had three children. During the First World War, Jungmann, who fought for the British, was taken into custody by German forces and sent to the camp for English prisoners of war Ruhleben. The paintings of his war experiences are today in the Imperial War Museum in London. A very famous one is entitled "Ruhleben Prisoner of War Camp" and shows the camp site with a large three-storey building on the right-hand side. In front of it, there is a German prison guard in uniform with a horse-drawn carriage, at the left side, one sees some prisoners. The war also contributed to the end of his marriage. Mackay later married an heir to the Guinness family. Two of Jungmann's children, Zita and Teresa, became famous as two of the first "Bright Young People". This group, as it was called by the tabloid press, included young aristocratic celebrities.
Even during his time in Great Britain, the artist often travelled back to his home country to paint, especially to the village of Volendam in the North of Holland. His figurative works are described as very decorative and belong to the Art Nouveau style. With his friend Charles W. Bartlett, who was also a painter and graphic artist, he undertook study trips, both to Holland and to Brittany. His work as an illustrator includes the illustrations of the topographical works "Holland" (1904) and "Norway" (1905), for which his wife wrote the accompanying texts, as well as "Normandy" (1905) with text by the writer Geraldine Mitton. Jungmann's charming depiction of the different peoples was particularly well received. In order to show the ethnic characteristics and the costumes as accurately as possible, he had undertaken many study trips to the respective countries.
At the beginning of the 20th century Jungmann became a regular exhibitor at the Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell Gallery in London. In London, his works were also popular at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Grosvenor Gallery and the Royal Society of British Artists. He also exhibited in Paris, Munich and Brussels. Jungmann died in London in 1935 at the age of 63.
Nicolaas Wilhelm Jungmann was an English-Dutch artist. His main motifs are landscapes and figures. He also worked as a decorator, restorer and book illustrator. The originally Dutch citizen received British citizenship in 1895.
Jungmann, often written Jungman in English, was born in Amsterdam, where he received his first drawing lessons from a church and mural painter. Later he studied there at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten). A scholarship brought him to London. The naturalized Briton married Beatrix Mackay and the two had three children. During the First World War, Jungmann, who fought for the British, was taken into custody by German forces and sent to the camp for English prisoners of war Ruhleben. The paintings of his war experiences are today in the Imperial War Museum in London. A very famous one is entitled "Ruhleben Prisoner of War Camp" and shows the camp site with a large three-storey building on the right-hand side. In front of it, there is a German prison guard in uniform with a horse-drawn carriage, at the left side, one sees some prisoners. The war also contributed to the end of his marriage. Mackay later married an heir to the Guinness family. Two of Jungmann's children, Zita and Teresa, became famous as two of the first "Bright Young People". This group, as it was called by the tabloid press, included young aristocratic celebrities.
Even during his time in Great Britain, the artist often travelled back to his home country to paint, especially to the village of Volendam in the North of Holland. His figurative works are described as very decorative and belong to the Art Nouveau style. With his friend Charles W. Bartlett, who was also a painter and graphic artist, he undertook study trips, both to Holland and to Brittany. His work as an illustrator includes the illustrations of the topographical works "Holland" (1904) and "Norway" (1905), for which his wife wrote the accompanying texts, as well as "Normandy" (1905) with text by the writer Geraldine Mitton. Jungmann's charming depiction of the different peoples was particularly well received. In order to show the ethnic characteristics and the costumes as accurately as possible, he had undertaken many study trips to the respective countries.
At the beginning of the 20th century Jungmann became a regular exhibitor at the Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell Gallery in London. In London, his works were also popular at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Grosvenor Gallery and the Royal Society of British Artists. He also exhibited in Paris, Munich and Brussels. Jungmann died in London in 1935 at the age of 63.
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