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Jacobi, Otto Reinhold, 1812-1901

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1812 - 1901

Biographical History

Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812-1901) was born in Königsberg, in Western Prussia. Jacobi studied art in Königsberg and Berlin before entering the Düsseldorf Fine Arts Academy, where he studied with Johann Wilkem Schirmer. From 1840 to 1860, he was employed by a German prince in Wiesbaden. Then around 1860 he emigrated to Canada, settling in Montréal. Jacobi worked as a landscape painter around Montréal, Québec, Ottawa and Kingston. In 1890 he left Canada to live with his brother in Ardoch, North Dakota, remaining there until his death in 1901.

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Emigrants pioneering west

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2724
Scope and Contents

This item is a photographic reproduction of Otto Jacobi's painting, Emigrants pioneering west, by the William Notman Studio. The print appeared in a book of photographic selections by William Notman in 1865, though the painting itself is now gone.

Dates: approximately 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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