Johann Balzer
Johann Balzer (Czech Jan Balzer ; born August 6, 1738 in Kuks , Kingdom of Bohemia , † December 14, 1799 in Prague ) was a Bohemian engraver , draftsman and publisher .
Life
From 1750 to 1758 Balzer apprenticed to Michael Heinrich Rentz , who worked as a court engraver for Count Franz Anton von Sporck . After the death of his teacher, Balzer first went on a study trip to Germany and then settled in the residence of Count Sporck in Lissa on the Elbe . In 1771 Balzer moved to Prague, where he worked as a freelance engraver, draftsman and publisher until his death.
His two brothers, Georg Balzer ( Jiří Balzer ) and Matthias Balzer ( Matouš Balzer ), were engravers, and his son Anton ( Antonín Karel Balzer ) (1771–1807) worked as a landscape painter .
Services
Johann Balzer engraved portraits of contemporaries, including drawings by Johann Kleinhard and Johan Quirin Jahn , in copper.
About 50 copper engravings are known that he made based on the landscape drawings of his friend Norbert Grund . He also provided copperplate engravings for the works of the historian Josef Schallers ; "Topography of the Kingdom of Bohemia" and "Description of the capital Prague" as well as others for the periodical "Effigies virorum eruditorum atque artificium Bohemiae et Moraviae". He created vignettes for Nikolaus Adaukt Voigt's “Description of the previously known Bohemian coins in chronological order”.
Works
- "87 Illustrations of Bohemian and Moravian Scholars and Artists", engraved in copper and published by Johann Balzer, Prague 1772
- "Drawing book for artists and lovers of free hand drawing, especially treated as a necessary part of the education of higher destiny". - Drawing book for lovers of free landscape drawing. - 2 parts in 1 vol. With 81 etched plates (82), partly in Crayon-Marnier. Prague, Joh. Diesbach 1783–92
literature
- Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt : Balzer . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 34 f.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Balzer, Johan . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printing company L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 140 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Balzer in: Gottfried Johann Dlabacž: General historical artist lexicon for Bohemia and partly also for Moravia and Silesia
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Johann Balzer in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Informační systém abART: J. Balzer (Czech)
- Google Books: Illustrations of Bohemian and Moravian Scholars and Artists, with Brief ...
- Pictures by Johann Georg Balzer (Digital Portrait Index)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karel Chytil: Jan Balzer , in Ottův slovník naučný ; Illustrovaná encyklopædie obecných vědomostí (1890) p. 206 [1] (Czech)
- ^ Directory of a considerable collection of copper engravings ..., Nuremberg 1804
- ↑ Miloslav Bartoš: Giant Mountains in Bohemian landscape painting
- ↑ Kettererkunst: Balzer, J.
- ↑ Worldcat: drawing book for lovers ...
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balzer, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian engraver and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuks , Kingdom of Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1799 |
| Place of death | Prague |