Franz Katz

Franz Michael Katz (* 1782 in Antwerp , Austrian Netherlands ; † May 28, 1851 in Cologne ) was a German portrait and miniature painter , draftsman , art teacher , art dealer and art collector .

Life

Katz attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy for five years under Johann Peter Langer . In 1805 he settled in Cologne as a portrait and miniature painter. There he also founded a “Higher Drawing School and Painting Institute” in 1812, which trained young artists of both sexes and which soon gained a good reputation as a private educational institution among the wealthy classes of Cologne's population. The students included Carl Joseph Begas , Otto Grashof and Franz Ittenbach .

Katz was a member of the "Olympic Society" founded in Cologne in 1809 by Ferdinand Franz Wallraf and Johann Caspar Schug (1766–1818), which was particularly dedicated to art and literature. As a private collector, he made an important collection of paintings, copperplate engravings and plaster casts based on ancient statues. In 1847, however, Katz was forced to dissolve the collection by auction or sale, so that claims of his creditors could be served.

Katz's wife Karolina (Carolina) Uphoff was also a miniature painter and draftsman. The couple lived at 132 Hohe Strasse .

literature

Katz, Franz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 595 .
Katz, Franz. In: Johann Jakob Merlo , Eduard Firmenich Richartz (ed.), Hermann Keussen (cooperation): Cologne artists in old and new times. News of the life and works of Cologne artists. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895, Sp. 476 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Franz Katz , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Füssli : The most important cities on the Middle and Lower Rhine in the German area, with reference to old and new works of architecture, sculpture and painting. Verlag des literar Comptoir, Zurich and Winterthur 1843, p. 356 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Heinrich Müller Malten: Malten's manual for travelers on the Rhine, on the route between Mainz and Cologne. Verlag Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt and Wiesbaden 1844, p. 804 ( books.google.co.uk ).
^ Otto H. Förster : Cologne art collector from the Middle Ages to the end of the bourgeois age . Verlag von Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1931, p. 113.
↑ Willi Spiertz: Eberhard von Groote. Life and work of a Cologne social politician and literary scholar (1789–1864) . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-20016-9 , p. 125.
^ Johann Jakob Merlo : The Essingh'sche art collection in Cologne . In: Organ for Christian Art. Volume 15, 1865, No. 17, p. 200 ( books.google.co.uk ).
^ Johann Jakob Merlo, Eduard Firmenich-Richartz (ed.), Hermann Keussen (participation): Cologne artists in old and new times. News of the life and works of Cologne artists. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895, Sp. 476 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Address book or directory of the inhabitants of the city of Cöln. Cologne 1822, p. 114 ( ub.uni-koeln.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Katz, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Katz, Franz Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait and miniature painter, draftsman, art teacher, art dealer and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH	1782
PLACE OF BIRTH	Antwerp , Austrian Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1851
Place of death	Cologne , Rhine Province

[1] Wilhelm Füssli : The most important cities on the Middle and Lower Rhine in the German area, with reference to old and new works of architecture, sculpture and painting. Verlag des literar Comptoir, Zurich and Winterthur 1843, p. 356 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Heinrich Müller Malten: Malten's manual for travelers on the Rhine, on the route between Mainz and Cologne. Verlag Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt and Wiesbaden 1844, p. 804 ( books.google.co.uk ).

[3] Otto H. Förster : Cologne art collector from the Middle Ages to the end of the bourgeois age . Verlag von Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1931, p. 113.

[4] Willi Spiertz: Eberhard von Groote. Life and work of a Cologne social politician and literary scholar (1789–1864) . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-20016-9 , p. 125.

[5] Johann Jakob Merlo : The Essingh'sche art collection in Cologne . In: Organ for Christian Art. Volume 15, 1865, No. 17, p. 200 ( books.google.co.uk ).

[6] Johann Jakob Merlo, Eduard Firmenich-Richartz (ed.), Hermann Keussen (participation): Cologne artists in old and new times. News of the life and works of Cologne artists. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895, Sp. 476 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[7] Address book or directory of the inhabitants of the city of Cöln. Cologne 1822, p. 114 ( ub.uni-koeln.de ).