Albert Carl Christian Jahn
Born 1865
Died 10 March 1947
Active: 1881 - 1925
Country of birth and death: England
Headmaster, teacher, jeweller, painter
Born Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. He was the son of Ludwig Louis Hartmann Adalbert Jahn (c.1839-1911, born in Thuringia, Germany), china painter, designer and art director. Albert was the brother of Francis H. Aloysius (1871-1967), sculptor and teacher. Albert studied at Hanley School of Art and the National Art Training Schools (Royal College of Art) where he was awarded a travelling scholarship. Between c.1890-1905 Jahn was headmaster of Wolverhampton School of Art. During this time he produced a number of pieces of art jewellery which he sold to the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1905 he was appointed Headmaster of Sheffield School of Art. He remained there until his retirement in 1925. In 1906 he appointed his brother Francis as Head of Modelling.
Wealth at death: £14,776 11s. 2d.
Probate date: 29 August 1947
Locations
Address 4 Bath Road Wolverhampton | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address The White House Compton Wolverhampton | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Director of Wolverhampton Municipal School of Art and Crafts
1892 (Circa) - 1907 (Circa)
These dates are given by Wilkinson in 'Ceramic Artists' (2007), p. 85. Jones also notes that Jahn was the headmaster of the school in 1897: see Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 162 and p. 172. Charles Wheeler suggests that Jahn became headmaster in 1890 and held the post until 1905: see Wheeler, 'Wolverhampton College of Art' in The Birmingham Post (12 June, 1950).
Employee of Wolverhampton Art Gallery
1897 (Circa)
Jones notes that Jahn was Curator of the Gallery in 1897: see Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 172.
Principal of Sheffield School of Art
1905 - 1925
Student at Hanley School of Art
See Haggar, 'Dictionary' (1947), unpaged, no dates are given.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Ludwig Louis Hartmann Adalbert Jahn
Sister/sibling of Francis H. Aloysius Jahn
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Headmaster School of Arts' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Master School' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Art Student'
Sources
A Dictionary of Ceramic Artists
2007
p. 85.
A.C.C. Jahn
File includes a speech given at the retirement of A.C.C. Jahn as headmaster of Sheffield Technical School of Art in 1925
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 2870 folio 51 page 39
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 2717; Folio: 42; Page: 29; GSU roll: 1341651
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2230 folio 116 page 26
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2667 folio 106 page 10
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Christian Carl Albert Jahn
Registration Year: 1865
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Stoke upon Trent
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 214
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Christian Charles Albert Jahn
Probate Date: 29 Aug 1947
Registry: London, England
Death Date: 10 Mar 1947
Death Place: London, England
Historical Sketch of the Art and Literary Institutions of Wolverhampton, from the year 1794 to 1897, 1897
1897
p. 162 and p. 172.
Sheffield Technical School of Art Prospectus 1905-6
1905
Sheffield Technical School of Art Prospectus 1906-7
1906
Sheffield Technical School of Art Prospectus 1907-8
1907
V&A Search the collections
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/name/jahn-a-c-c/31213/ (accessed 22 March 2011)
Citing this record
'Albert Carl Christian Jahn', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1225119505, accessed 26 Jan 2020]
