Józef Fontana

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Józef Fontana (Italian name: Giacomo Giuseppe Fontana , also referred to as Józef II. Fontana , born June 21, 1676 in Mendrisio , Switzerland , † 1739 in Warsaw ) was a Polish architect who is considered a representative of the classifying Baroque . He was the father of the architects Giacomo Fontana and Jan Kanty Fontana. His son-in-law was Johann Georg Plersch .

Life

The living conditions of Fontana are controversial, according to the Saur General Artists Dictionary he is said to have left Wilno in 1743 after he was unable to assert himself against Johann Christoph Glaubitz in the design for a church building . Giuseppe Fontana was born in Mendrisio on June 21, 1676. His father Giacomo came from Novazzano , in today's Canton of Ticino , his mother Orsola Ceroni from Valsolda, Italy . Probably he came at the end of the reign of John III. Sobieskis to Poland. His name is mentioned in 1707 in connection with the construction of the Piarist monastery and church in Szczuczyn . Presumably his two uncles Ceroni - Italian architects who lived and worked in Poland - encouraged him to move. His patron in Poland was among others the Vice Chancellor Stanisław Antoni Szczuka. Fontana trained his sons. Together with Jakub, he designed the towers of the Piarist Church in Łowicz . Father and son also worked together at the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. After his death, his business passed to Jakub.

The correspondence between Fontana and Elżbieta Helena, the Crown Hetman Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski, from 1717 to 1726 has been preserved.

Works (selection)

literature

  • Mariusz Karpowicz: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nella prima metà del '700. Edito dallo Stato del Canton Ticino, Arti Grafiche Bernasconi SA, Agno 1999, pp. 8, 37-42, 43, 56, 68, 72, 85, 106, 113-115, 117, 140, 200.
  • Mariusz Karpowicz: Giuseppe Fontana. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 10, 2005 , accessed March 16, 2020 .

Web links

  • CV and buildings at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)
  • Brief description of Józef Fontana on the website of the Wilanów Palace Museum (accessed on May 20, 2012; in Polish)

References and comments

  1. ↑ An architect of the same name, Józef Fontana, often referred to as Józef I. Fontana , immigrated to Poland a little earlier - coming from Italy - around 1661. He stayed here for 24 years, then returned to Italy, where he died around 1699, according to Józef (I) Fontana ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.warszawa1939.pl archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the person directory at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish); according to Władysław Konopczyński, Polski Słownik Biograficzny , Volume 7, Polska Akademia Umiejętności and Polska Akademia Nauk (eds.), Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1958, p. 56, limited preview in the Google book search. It is also conceivable that it was a question of father and son.
  2. ↑ Mendrisio. Parish archives, Liber Baptizatorum 2, from Anno 1635 usque ad Annum 1686 , godparents of baptism: Reverendus Joseph Rubeis, Julia uxor Francisci Turriani
  3. ↑ a b according to Saur General Artist Lexicon , Volume 56, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , KG Saur-Verlag, Munich-Leipzig 2007, p. 72, limited preview in the Google book search.
  4. ↑ Jan Kanty Fontana (1731-1800) was a Polish architect and royal civil servant, who was ennobled on 1769 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski
  5. ^ Mariusz Karpowicz: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nella prima metà del '700. Edito dallo Stato del Canton Ticino, Arti Grafiche Bernasconi SA, Agno 1999, p. 42.
  6. ↑ For the year 1715 it is known that he was registered with a permanent address in Warsaw, according to Aldona Bartczakowa, Jakub Fontana. Architect warszawski XVIII wieku , Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, Warsaw 1970, p. 14, limited preview in the Google book search.
  7. ↑ according to Białystok Museum , Rocznik Białostocki , Volume 10, Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe., 1971, p. 168, limited preview in the Google book search.
  8. ↑ Jan Chrzciciel Ceroni (actually Giovanni Battista Ceroni ; † 1708) was an Italian builder who worked in Warsaw in the 17th century; Karol Ceroni (actually: Carlo Ceroni ; 1647–1721), was a royal architect in Warsaw and a building contractor since 1714
  9. ^ Stanisław Antoni Szczuka (1654–1710) was a Polish nobleman, politician and author
  10. ↑ according to Wojciech Fijałkowski, Baroque Art in Poland. From the National Museum in Warsaw , National Museum Warsaw and Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig (ed.), Limnach, 1974, p. 13, limited preview in the Google book search.
  11. ^ Antonio Solari (1700–1763) from Campione d'Italia was a Polish (royal) architect of Italian descent, a representative of the late Baroque
personal data
SURNAME Fontana, Józef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontana, Giacomo Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-Polish Baroque architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1676
DATE OF DEATH 1739
Place of death Warsaw