Ernst Karl Pasqual Jordan - Artist Info

About Ernst Karl Pasqual Jordan

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    Ernst Pasqual Jordan (born January 22, 1858 in Hanover; † September 8, 1924 in Barsinghausen) was a German painter and professor. The tradition-conscious artist was "one of the most influential personalities in Hanover's art life" until the 1920s.

    Ernst Jordan was the father of the later physicist Ernst Pascual Jordan (1902–1980), the co-founder of quantum mechanics.

    Ernst Jordan was trained as a decorative painter at the Hanoverian Werkkunstschule and then initially worked as a theater painter. From 1880 he attended the Berlin School of Applied Arts and the Berlin Academy of Arts under Ernst Hildebrand.

    After staying in Paris and Rome for several years, Jordan returned to his native Hanover in 1887 and became a memb...

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