Andreas Fortner
Andreas Josef Fortner (born June 16, 1809 in Prague , † March 14, 1862 in Munich ; actually Ondřej Fortner ) was a Bohemian silversmith, painter , lithographer and chaser .
Life
Fortner was born the son of the silversmith Joseph Fortner. From 1821 he started his apprenticeship with his father and passed his journeyman's examination in 1827 . On the side he trained as a draftsman from 1823 to 1832 at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts from František Tkadlík . Fortner was already active as a lithographer and history painter at this time and received several awards for his work: from 1828 to 1832 he won the annual prize of the Prague Academy, and in 1832 he was awarded for a bozzetto by Venus de Medici. In the same year he passed his master craftsman examination.
In the summer of 1840 he went to Munich and initially continued to work as a history painter. Study trips took him to France and England in 1850 .
Later he followed his father's profession and devoted himself increasingly to silverwork and the manufacture of jewelry. Fortner contributed significantly to the revival of the Munich arts and crafts. One of his best-known works is a centerpiece made of silver, which he made for the wedding of the Bavarian Crown Prince Maximilian based on designs by Eugen Neureuther . He carried out numerous other commissions for the Bavarian and Bohemian nobility, such as a saber of honor for Prince Karl Theodor (1860) or a water basin for Count Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim .
literature
- Friedrich Pecht: Fortner, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 193 f.
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| SURNAME | Fortner, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fortner, Andreas Josef; Fortner, Ondřej |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian silversmith, painter, lithographer and chaser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1862 |
| Place of death | Munich |