Otto Reinhold Jacobi

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Jacobi's production was considerable over his lifetime. He was a skilled painter who knew his target market well and supported himself primarily through the sale of his work. His earlier North American work was often of specific locations, noted beauty spots that would be recognizable to his viewers.

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He would paint in oils, sometimes on canvases of tremendous size. Or he would paint in watercolors, often minute little pictures, measuring only a few inches. But whether the scale was large or small, he achieved a sense of sublimity, perhaps with a certain touch of romantic wistfulness.

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where he spent the next ten years. It could be that court life became too difficult or simply that greater opportunities were available for his children in North America. While he continued to ship paintings for sale back to Europe, he and his family remained in North America.

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He took pains to ensure that they were accurate by utilizing source photographs of the places as he worked in his studio. His later work was more idealized and less specific, resting on the appeal inherent in the depictions of waterfalls and autumn foliage.

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Jacobi's decision to emigrate to Canada seems sudden in light of his apparent success in Europe. While on a visit to New York in 1860, he was offered a commission to paint

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as a presentation gift was needed for the Prince of Wales state visit later that year. Instead of returning to Europe after the painting was completed, he settled in

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and Adolphe Vogt were also working in Montreal at that time. These three artists all portrayed the Canadian landscape, foreshadowing in some ways the work of the

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He was not the only artist drawn from Europe to the new opportunities found as North American cities began to build their own cultural institutions.

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at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. His work was well known in Europe and he received many commissions from royalty.

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in 1876. He remained active in all three cities, dividing his time between them for the next fifteen years.

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From Montreal, Jacobi moved to Philadelphia then later to Toronto, after being invited to join the

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and Fraser. Unlike the domestic landscape of farms and villages seen in the work of

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and Canada. In 1837 he was appointed the court painter to the Duchess of Nassau in

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In Montreal, Jacobi painted landscapes, taught privately and worked for

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Records of the Founding of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts

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his first lessons in oil painting and advised him to study under

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or the depiction of aboriginal settlements and activities by

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Canadian Autumn, a painting by Jacobi, displayed at the

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