Johann Ferdinand Schor
Johann Ferdinand Schor (baptized June 24, 1686 in Innsbruck ; † January 4, 1767 in Prague ) was an Austrian painter, architect and engineer.
Life
Schor learned painting from his father Egid Schor , but also showed an interest in architecture. After his father's death in 1701, he did an apprenticeship with the painter Josef Waldmann . In 1705 he went to Rome , where students and friends of his father and his uncle Johann Paul Schor , especially the papal builder Michelangelo Ricciolini , took care of him. He spent three years in Rome, attending the Accademia di San Luca , copying the old masters and studying the city's architecture.
In 1708 he returned to Innsbruck and mainly occupied himself with decorative painting , so he and Johann Martin Gumpp the Younger created a holy grave for the Wilten collegiate church . From 1713 at the latest he lived in Prague, where he made the decorations for the celebrations for the canonization of Pius V in 1713, for the beatification of Johannes Nepomuk in 1721 and for the coronation of Emperor Charles VI. to the Bohemian King in 1723. He also designed parks on Bohemian aristocratic seats and painted altar leaves and frescoes on house facades.
In 1725 he was appointed to the Commission for the Regulation of the Vltava around Prague, which was finally carried out according to his proposals. In 1726 he was appointed professor of engineering at the Polytechnic Institute in Prague , from 1734 he gave lectures on all mathematical disciplines. In the Austrian War of Succession in 1741 and on other occasions, he planned military fortifications . He turned down the offers to join the Austrian army as an artillery major and to come as a professor at the Theresian Knight Academy in Vienna. In 1764 he drew up an expertise on making the upper Vltava navigable. Schor also wrote treatises on architecture, powder and river regulation.
family
Schor married twice. In his first marriage he was married to the widow of a descendant of the painter and copper engraver Jacob Callot , who brought two sons, Wenzel and Karl , into the marriage. Their sons were trained by their stepfather. Carl became Lieutenant General Field Marshal and owner of the First Artillery Regiment, and Wenzel became Colonel of the Dutch Artillery Corps. From his second marriage there were two sons who also started an officer career. Johann Schor died before his father as a captain in a Croatian regiment. His second son served in the imperial artillery.
literature
- Schor, Johann Baptist Ferdinand . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (eds.): New general artist Lexicon or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . tape 15 : Santi, Antonio - Schoute, Jan . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 503 ( books.google.de ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schor, Johann Baptist Ferdinand . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, pp. 234–238 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich Hammer: The development of baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol (= studies on German art history. Issue 159). JH Ed. Heitz, Strassburg 1912, pp. 114-130 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Otto von Lutterotti : Schor, Johann (Bapt.) Ferdinand . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 262-274 .
- Silvia Carola Keller: Schor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 477 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Schor, Johann Ferdinand in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Heinrich Füssli: Schor or Scor (Joh. Ferdinand) . In: General artist lexicon: or: Brief message about the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art founders, steel cutters,…. 2nd part. Orell, Füssli and Compagnie, Zurich 1779, p. 610 ( books.google.de ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schor, Johann Ferdinand |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schor, Johann Baptist Ferdinand |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, architect and engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 24, 1686 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1767 |
Place of death | Prague |