Jean Bungartz
Jean Bungartz (6 May 1854 – 15 September 1934) was a German animal painter, author and book illustrator. Bungartz founded the Hamburger Verein zur Förderung reiner Hunderassen, the Hamburg society for the promotion of pure-bred dogs, in the 1880s. In 1893 he founded the Deutschen Verein für Sanitätshunde, the German association for Red Cross dogs, and led it until 1909.
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- Name
- Jean Bungartz
- Born
- 6 May 1854
- Birthplace
- Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 15 September 1934
- Place of death
- Münster, Germany
- Occupation
- animal painter, author, book illustrator
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Jean Bungartz (6 May 1854 – 15 September 1934) was a German animal painter, author and book illustrator. Bungartz founded the Hamburger Verein zur Förderung reiner Hunderassen, the Hamburg society for the promotion of pure-bred dogs, in the 1880s. In 1893 he founded the Deutschen Verein für Sanitätshunde, the German association for Red Cross dogs, and led it until 1909.
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Jean Bungartz (1854–1934) was an author, illustrator and painter, among other activities, of German nationality. The author was born in Cologne and died in Münster. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Jean Bungartz • Born — 6 May 1854 • Birthplace — Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia • Died — 15 September 1934 • Place of death — Münster, Germany • Occupation — animal painter, author, book illustrator • Illustration — Inauguration of the synagogue in Lechenich, 1886
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His published works include: • Kynos: Handbuch zur Beurtheilung der Racen-Reinheit des Hundes: fünfunddressig Tafeln mit 70 Abbildungen. Stuttgart: Neff, 1884. • Hühnerracen, illustriertes Handbuch zur Beurtheilung der Racen des Haushuhnes. Leipzig: E. Twietmeyer, 1885. • Geflügel-Album (Abth. 1, Hühner). Lechenich: Ferd. Bungartz, 1885. • Pflege und Zucht der Zwergpapageien und Sittiche. Lechenich: Ferd. Bungartz, 1885. • Taubenracen: illustrietes handbuch zur Beurtheilung der Racen unserer Haustauben; enthaltend die bis jetzt bekannten Farben-, Racen- und verschiedenen ausländischen Luxustauben. Leipzig: Twietmeyer, 1885. • Wasser- und Ziergeflügel: ill. Handbuch zur Beurtheilung d. Raren u. Schläge unseres Wasser- u. Ziergeflügels; nebst kurzen Angaben über Haltung, Pflege, Fütterung u. Aufzucht; Anl. zur Errichtung e. kleinen Ententeiches u. e. Fasanenvolière. Leipzig: Twietmeyer, 1886. • Die jagdbaren Thiere Europas und die zur Jagd gebräuchlichen Hunderacen. Stuttgart: P. Neff, 1886. • Deutscher Hundesport: vollständige Anleitung über Baulichkeiten, Einrichtungen etc; nebst den zum Rennen geeignesten Hunderacen. Minden: E. Schlegel, 1886. • Modell-Brieftauben-Album: Aquarellen gemalt v. Jean Bungartz. Mit e. Vorw. v. J. Hörter. 10 Taf. in Farbendruck. Leipzig: Twietmeyer, 1888. • Kaninchen-Racen. Illustrirtes Handbuch zur Beurtheilung der Kaninchen-Racen, enthaltend die Racen der Kaninchen, deren Behandlung, Zucht, Verwerthung, Krankheiten. Magdeburg: Creutz'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, [1888]. • Der Kriegshund und seine Dressur: enthaltend das Ganze des Kriegshundwesens. Leipzig: Twietmeyer, 1892. • Der Hund im Dienste des rothen Kreuzes: seine Verwendung, Rasse, Dressur, Pflege und Fütterung. Leipzig: Twietmeyer, 1892. • Illustriertes Katzenbuch. Berlin: Paul Parey, 1896. • Die Ziege, Ihre Haltung, Pflege, Fütterung, Zucht usw.. Berlin: August Scherl, 1918. • Das Schaf, seine Rassen, Zucht, Haltung, Fütterung usw.. Berlin: August Scherl, 1920. • Illustration — Whaling in the new way, wood engraving, 1885 • Illustration — Bantams, coloured postcard, 1910
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Herr Jean von Bungartz, the famous german Ambulance dog trainer working with the Red Hussars
Edwin Heautonville Richardsonː War, Police, and Watch Dogs. Published by W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1910. Onlineː
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- 1.Frank Bartsch (2012). Kontinuität und Wandel auf dem Lande: Die rheinpreußische Bürgermeisterei Lechenich im 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert (1815-1914) (in German). Weilerswist: Landpresse. .
- 2.Julika Renger (2008). Gesellschaftliche Debatten um die wirtschaftliche und psychosoziale Nutzung des Hundes von 1870 – 1945 in Deutschland (doctoral thesis, in German). Berlin: Mensch und Buch-Verlag. .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Helmut Weingarten (1998). Vor 100 Jahren starb Jean Bungartz (in German). In: Jahrbuch der Stadt Erftstadt. [s.l.]: Stadt Erftstadt. .
- Frank Bartsch, Hanna Stommel: (2004). Lechenich: von der Römerzeit bis heute: eine illustrierte Stadtgeschichte (in German). Erftstadt: Pier. .
- Julia Fabienne Klan (2009). Der "Deutsche Verein für Sanitätshunde" und das Sanitätshundewesen in Deutschland (1893-1946) (in German). Giessen: VVB Laufersweiler. .
- Bernhard Pickert (2012). Unvergessenes Multitalent auf dem Gebiet der Tierwelt: Jean Bungartz, ein „Ritter pp.“ (in German). Kaninchenzeitung 2012 (13): 16–18.
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