Friedrich Jungling Painting For Auction at 888 Auctions on Jan 30, 2020

Gouache on paper, framed. Featuring colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Signed “Y. F. Yiingling fecit”. Two stickers on verso read “660A” and “638A”. “651” is inscribed beneath the stickers. 29 x 20 cm (11.5 x 8 inches). Framed size: 49 x 38 cm (19.5 x 15 inches). PROVENANCE: Toronto Estate.

Born in Leipzig, Germany, Fredrich Jungling obtained a common school education until the age of 14. He then worked as an engraver apprentice in Berlin before emigrating to the United States in 1866. At that time, he studied painting at the Art Students’ League in New York City, adopted art as a profession, and attained recognition as a wood engraver. He was a founder of the American Society of Wood Engravers as its first secretary 1881-1882, and was vice-president of the Art Students’ League 1882-1883. He received honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1881, and a second-class medal at an international exhibition of fine arts held in Munich in 1883.

Identified as the new school in wood craving, Juengling taught engravers in his own studio. This American system of wood engraving substituted short, broken lines and dot stippling to long lines that regulate the sweep of the metal engraver. In Sylvester Koehler’s paper, he calls him the “boldest and most inconsiderate experimenter among the pioneers of the new school,” but cites his reproduction of “Monticello” as a veritable triumph of wood engraving.

Juengling’s reproductions of Kelly’s illustrations in Scribner’s Monthly (1877) is regarded by Weitenkampf as making “the first obvious, continued assertion of the new point of view.”Juengling died in New York City, survived by his wife, Helen Juengling. A celebration of his life and work, and auction of his works and studio effects was held shortly after his decease at the Salmagundi Club.