Johann Friedrich Wizani
Johann Friedrich Wizani (also Witzani, born September 9, 1770 in Dresden; † September 13, 1838 ibid) was a German landscape painter, miniature painter, draftsman and engraver, younger brother of the etcher Carl August Wizani (1767-1818).
Life
Wizani studied from 1787 at the Dresden Academy with Adrian Zingg , in the 1790s with Johann Philipp Veith .
From 1792 he worked as a freelance artist in Dresden. His works in oil painting and various graphic techniques as well as watercolors mainly show views from the area around Dresden.
From 1803 he worked as a landscape painter at the Meißner Porzellanmanufaktur , but had to give up his work after two years due to a progressive eye disease and return to Dresden.
literature
- General dictionary of artists p. 6032
- Anke Fröhlich-Schauseil: From Schandau in Saxon Switzerland to the sandbanks in the North Sea. A series of 51 views of the Elbe by Johann Friedrich Wizani . In: Andreas Martin / Norbert Fischer (eds.): The Elbe. About the change of a river from the Congress of Vienna (1815) to the present . Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2018 (Writings on Saxon History and Folklore; 58), ISBN 978-3-96023-205-6 , pp. 205–226.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wizani, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter, miniature painter, draftsman, eraser and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1838 |
| Place of death | Dresden |