Frankenbach, Carl Jacob

Painter

born: 17.10.1861 in Oberrod (Idstein)

died: 07.11.1937 in Wiesbaden

Frankenbach initially studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich, before attending the art academies in Munich and Berlin and completing his studies in Antwerp. He undertook study trips to France, England, Switzerland and Italy. From 1896 he worked as a freelance artist in Wiesbaden. In 1905, the unmarried artist moved his residence and studio to Aukamm, where his brother Ludwig ran a nursery.

His work in oil, watercolor and ink was dedicated to his native Nassau. In addition to landscapes, genre and cityscapes, he mainly created paintings of soldiers and uniform studies. The uniform work "Die Herzoglich Nassauischen Truppen 1806-1866", which is kept in the Nassau Antiquities Collection, not only testifies to his artistic skills, but also to the meticulousness with which he researched details. Almost all of Rudolf Dietz 's dialect books are illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Frankenbach. For the Nassau State Monument on Biebricher Höhe, Frankenbach provided the sketches for the figures that populate the frieze.

A substantial part of Frankenbach's artistic legacy can be found in the museum of the town of Idstein.