Johann Georg Fünck
Johann Georg Fünck (also Füncke, Finck, Fink, Funk ; * 1721 in Augsburg , † March 1, 1757 in Kassel ) was a German architect , builder and engraver .
Johann Georg Fünck was trained as a bricklayer and stonemason by his father in Augsburg. In 1741 he went to Berlin , where he worked for Knobelsdorff until 1746 . He created a large part of the execution and inventory drawings for the opera house and was in charge of construction from 1841. He also made plans for the Charlottenburg Palace . In 1746 he entered the service of the later Landgrave Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Kassel . From 1746 to 1749 he was the site manager of the Wilhelmsthaler Schloss and the associated gardens. From 1749 to 1752 Fünck stayed with Jacques-François Blondel in Paris for study purposes . After his return to Kassel he was appointed agricultural director.
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin - Builders and Buildings: From Gothic to Historicism . 1st edition. Tourist Verl., Berlin; Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-350-00280-3 , p. 174 .
- Ulrich Thieme: General encyclopedia of fine artists from antiquity to the present . tape 11 . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 574 f . Finck, Georg (Johann Georg)
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| SURNAME | Fünck, Johann Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Füncke, Johann Georg; Fink, Georg; Finck, Johann Georg; Funk, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect, builder and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1757 |
| Place of death | kassel |