Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby

Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Olympic Medals
2G
Games Participations4
First Olympic GamesParis 1924
Year of Birth1891

Biography

Luxembourger Jean Jacoby studied at the École des Beaux-Arts at Strasbourg and became an art teacher (1912-18), then a church painter at Wiesbaden, before he returned to Strasbourg, taking over the management of a printing company. From 1926-34 Jacoby worked as an illustrator for newspapers and the Ullstein Publishing House. He died of a heart attack in 1936.

Jacoby often depicted sports in his works and designed postage stamps for Luxemburg. These stamps commemorated the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and the 1952 World Cycling Championships. Earning two gold medals for his works Three Sports Studies (1924) and Rugby (), he became the most successful Olympic artist ever. His second wife Maria Jacoby also took part in the 1936 Olympic Games’ art competitions in painting, applied arts.

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