Cajetan Toscani
Cajetan Toscani (* 1742 in Mariaschein , Bohemia , † December 22, 1815 in Dresden ) was a German draftsman and painter.
Life
Toscani was the son of Italian parents in Bohemia and came to Dresden at a young age. His artistic talent was recognized early and he received drawing lessons from Charles François Hutin (1715–1776), the director of the Dresden Art Academy . Toscani soon started painting with oil paints. In 1766 Toscani became a teacher at the art academy. Numerous well-known painters received lessons from him, such as Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel , Moritz Retzsch and Gustav Heinrich Naecke .
Cajetan Toscani's brother Carl Josef Toscani was also active as a porcelain painter in Meißen. He later also ran a porcelain factory in Copenhagen.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Toscani, Cajetan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 46th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1882, p. 218 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toscani, Cajetan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Bohemian painter and draftsman, professor at the Dresden Art Academy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1742 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariaschein , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1815 |
| Place of death | Dresden |