Nicolaas Wilhelm Jungmann (in England frequently spelledJungman; 5 February 1872 – 14 August 1935) was an Anglo-Dutch painter of landscapes and figural subjects, a book-illustrator and decorator.
Jungmann was born in Amsterdam, where he wasapprenticed to a church painter, and studied at theRijksakademie. He came to London around 1893 on a scholarship and became a naturalised British subject, returning to the Netherlands frequently, to paint inVolendam. In 1900, Jungmann married Beatrix Mackay with whom he had three children, Loyd, Zita (1903-2006) andTeresa (nicknamed "Baby") (1907-2010). As a naturalised Briton, he wasinterned by German forces in theRuhleben internment camp during theFirst World War, which led eventually to the dissolution of his marriage. Jungmann made several painting excursions toBrittany andHolland with his friend and fellow-painterCharles W. Bartlett. He illustrated topographical books onHolland (1904) andNorway (1905) for which his wife Beatrix wrote the text, as well as one onNormandy (1905) with a text byGeraldine Edith Mitton. He died, aged 63, inLondon.
After their divorce in 1918, Beatrix remarried to become the second wife (or third wife, counting an annulment) ofRichard Guinness (1873-1949) from the banking branch of theGuinness family. She stood godmother in 1931 to the infant Patrick Guinness (1931-1965), son of her husband's nephewThomas "Loel" Guinness and his first wifeHon Joan Yarde-Buller (later Pss Aly Khan).
His daughters Zita andTeresa became famous as two of the original "Bright Young People" in the 1920s, and both lived to 102.[1] Teresa married Graham Cuthbertson in 1940 and had two children, Penelope and Richard.[2]
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