James janknegt biography

In the past decade I have found myself devoted to re-establishing painting that can be called Christian in the great tradition of the Church before the reformation and the outburst of iconoclasm changed the world of art forever.

I am not, however, trying to paint in the style of the great Christian painters of the past merely attempting to paint in the same spirit.

Born in Austin, Texas, Janknegt attended art school at the University of Texas and with the exception of graduate studies at the University of Iowa with.

James B. Janknegt was born in Austin, Texas, USA. He attended art school at the University of Texas in Austin and graduated with a BFA in

James B. Janknegt was born in Austin, Texas.

James Janknegt: I always wanted to be an artist.

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Below is a beautiful quote that helps define what "Christian Art" is:

From: ART TO HELP HUMANKIND CROSS THE "THRESHOLD OF HOPE" by Carlo Chenis

"Art is sacred if it is above all beautiful, that is, intrinsically splendid, because it is fully intelligible, so that it makes first the artist and then the person who enjoys it want to cross over into infinity.

This art is religious if it produces a longing for the divine, namely, if it leads one to transcend one's own self in order to meet God and with him one's neighbour. This art is Christian if, through the adventures of the spirit, it recounts what happene