Jan Karel Kovář
Jan Karel Kovář (German: Johann Karl Kovář ; also: Kowarz ; * ~ 1709 in Prague , Bohemia , † January 11, 1749 ibid) was a Bohemian fresco artist .
Jan Karel Kovář was a student of the painter Johann Adam Schöpf . In 1735 he acquired the citizenship of the Lesser Town in Prague . In 1736 he was accepted as a member of the Lesser Town Painters Brotherhood. He created numerous frescoes for churches in Prague and Bohemia.
Works
- Lesser Town of Prague : Theresienkapelle (1745)
- Prague, St. Salvator Church
- Prague, Church of Our Lady of the Snow
- Prague, Church of St. George: St Adalbert (1746)
- Kuttenberg , St. Barbara Church: Ignaz von Loyola
- Břevnov Abbey : ceiling frescoes
- Broumov Abbey : ceiling frescoes
- Lidice , church (1741)
- Smečno : Sala terrena in the Smečno Park
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kowarz, J. Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 88 ( digitized version ).
- Biographical Lexicon for the History of the Bohemian Lands, Vol. 2, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , p. 269.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kovář, Jan Karel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jan Karl Kovář, Kowarz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Fresco painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1709 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1749 |
| Place of death | Prague |