Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn
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Johann Jakob (Jan Jakub) Quirin Jahn (born June 4, 1739 in Prague ; † July 18, 1802 ibid) was a Bohemian draftsman, painter, theorist and historian of the visual arts.
Life
Quirin Jahn was a son of the painter Jacob Jahn (1706–1767), son of the monastery painter Heinrich Jahn (1672–1713) from Ossegg in North Bohemia and his wife Anna Maria Rauch from Graz . After attending the Piarist grammar school in Prague, he learned the art of drawing first from his father and later from the painters Johann Ferdinand Schor and František Xaver Palek . He continued his studies at the University of Vienna in 1761, of which he became an honorary member in 1767. Travel through Germany , the Netherlands and France followed . Since painting was going through a difficult time at the end of the 18th century (the baroque period came to an end, many religious orders were dissolved by Joseph II ), Jahn took over a cloth business in order to earn a living.
person
Jahn was one of the average artists of his time. Rather, he stood out for his historical and theoretical knowledge of art.
Jahn was a member of the Society of Patriotic Art Friends (Společnost vlasteneckých přátel umění).
Works
Jahn painted architectural pictures, worked on the plans of the Count's Nostizschen National Theater and in studies of technical drawings at Karlstein Castle . There were also portraits and miniatures.
photos
- Altarpieces and murals in Kostomlat
- Allegory in honor of technical sciences (Alegorie na oslavu technických věd) 1767
Specialist literature
- Drawing book for artists and lovers of free hand drawing, 1781
- Something from the oldest painters in Bohemia along with a contribution to the history of oil painting and perspective
- Anecdotes about the life stories of famous painters and assessment of their works (but was not published)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Jahn, Johann Quirin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, pp. 47–49 ( digitized version ).
- Rudolf Müller: Jahn, Quirin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 686-688.
- Pavel Preiss: Jahn, Quirin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 306 ( digitized version ).
- Luděk Novák: JQ Jahn and the portrait of early classicism , in: Časopis Umění , 1960, no.2
- Zdeněk Hojda: JJQ Jahn: A little bit about brochures, floor plans of the cities and towns of the Kingdom of Böheim , in; Časopis Umění , 1983, No. 5, pp. 469-471
- Klára Benešovská: Joseph Jahn's Journey to the General Chapter in Cîteaux / 1699 / , in: Časopis Umění , 1988, No. 2
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahn, Jan Jakub Quirin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jahn, Johann Jakob Quirin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian draftsman, painter, theorist and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1802 |
| Place of death | Prague |