Franz Pacák

Franz Patzak (Czech Frantisek Pacák ) (* 29. December 1713 in Loopy , Hradec Kralove , † 13. September 1757 in Leitomischl ) was a Czech sculptor of the Baroque and Rococo .

biography

Franz Patzak came from an East Bohemian family of sculptors. He was a student of the sculptor Matthias Bernhard Braun . After his father Georg Patzak moved to Mährisch Trübau , who married the painter Christian David's widow there, Franz took over his workshop in Leitomischl , in which he had already worked. He created some of his works in the late baroque style. One of his students was Dominik Auliczek , who later worked for the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory . On November 24, 1750, Franz Patzak married Sofie Auliczek, Dominik Auliczek's older sister, in Politschka .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Pacák, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 160 ( digital copy ).
• Biographical Lexicon for the History of the Bohemian Lands, Vol. 2, ISBN 3-486-55973-7 , p. 144.
• Josef Tejkl: Počátky tvorby JF Pacáka a její sociální kořeny [The beginnings of Georg F. Patzak's work and his social roots], Umění XXIX, 1981, p. 427.