# Jacob Gensler

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**Johann Jacob Gensler** (21 January 1808, [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) - 26 January 1845, Hamburg) was a German etcher and painter; specializing in [genre](/source/Genre_art) scenes and landscapes.

## Life and work

His father was a [gold plater](/source/Gold_plating). He received his first drawing lessons from his older brother, [Günther](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Gensler), as did his younger brother, [Martin](/source/Martin_Gensler). This was followed by studies with [Wilhelm Tischbein](/source/Johann_Heinrich_Wilhelm_Tischbein) in [Eutin](/source/Eutin), then with [Gerdt Hardorff](/source/Gerdt_Hardorff) and [Siegfried Bendixen](/source/Siegfried_Bendixen) in Hamburg. From 1828 to 1831, he attended the [Academy of Fine Arts, Munich](/source/Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Munich). In 1832, he was one of the founding members of the [Hamburger Künstlerverein](/source/Hamburger_K%C3%BCnstlerverein).

His etchings of sailors, and illustrations for the folk ballad, "Der Edelknabe und die Müllerin" (The Noble Boy and the Miller, from *Lieder und Bilder*, 1844) were among his most popular. After the completion of reconstruction, following the [Great Fire of Hamburg](/source/Great_Fire_of_Hamburg), he designed the "**certificates of thanks**" that were presented to [Prussia](/source/Prussia), [Sachsen-Meiningen](/source/Sachsen-Meiningen), [Bremen](/source/Bremen), [Nassau](/source/Duchy_of_Nassau), the Netherlands and England; using a Medieval [miniature painting](/source/Miniature_(illuminated_manuscript)) technique.

All three Gensler brothers were members of the [Hamburger Turnerschaft von 1816](/source/Hamburger_Turnerschaft_von_1816). He was interred in the family grave at [Ohlsdorf Cemetery](/source/Ohlsdorf_Cemetery). A street was named after them in Hamburg's [Barmbek](/source/Barmbek) district.

In 2019, his works were part of a major exhibition: "Hamburger Schule – Das 19. Jahrhundert neu entdeckt", at the [Hamburger Kunsthalle](/source/Hamburger_Kunsthalle).

## Sources

- Gerhard Ahrens: "Gensler, Jacob", In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Eds.): *Hamburgische Biografie*, Vol.1. Christians, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7672-1364-8 pg.103
- Fritz Bürger: *Die Gensler, drei Hamburger Malerbrüder des 19. Jahrhunderts*, Heitz, Straßburg 1888 ([Online](https://archive.org/stream/diegenslerdreiha00bruoft#page/n5/mode/2up))
- Fritz Bürger: *Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte*: "Die Genseler, drei Hamburger Malerbrüder des 19. Jahrhunderts", 1916
- (Article on all three brothers)
- Silke Reuther: *Johann Jacob Gensler: Ein Maler aus Hamburg (1808-1845)*, Berlin 1998. ISBN 978-3-8258-3373-2
- Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: "Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein und seine Schüler in Eutin", in: *Nordelbingen*, Vol.81, 2012, pp. 39–71
- Henry A. Smith: "Mit den Augen eines Malers – Eutin und das östliche Holstein in den Briefen des jungen Jacob Gensler". In: *Nordelbingen*, Vol.84, 2015, pp. 85–130

## External links

- [More works by Gensler](http://www.artnet.com/artists/jacob-gensler/) @ ArtNet

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