Johann Zacharias Frey
Johann Zacharias Frey , Polish Jan Zachariasz Frey (born June 1769 in Vienna , † August 8, 1829 in Warsaw ) was a Polish painter and engraver of Austrian descent.
His parents were the Austrian officer Johann Frey and Marie geb. Pardon.
He studied painting in Vienna at the Imperial Court Academy of Painters, Sculptors and Architecture , later in London with Benjamin West (1738–1820).
At the invitation of Prince Czartoryski he came to Puławy around 1794 where he a. a. Made 13 copper engravings with views of the residence and park of Princess Isabella Czartoryska .
In 1804 he was appointed court painter and engraver to Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski . He created 28 etchings for Isabella Czartoryska's work on "Various thoughts on the art of garden design" (2nd edition 1807), published in 1805 by the Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn printing company in Breslau .
In 1805 he came to Warsaw , where he stayed until the end of his life. In addition to his artistic work, mainly as a copperplate engraver and watercolor painter, he taught in the Piarist monastery school.
In 1806 he created view sheets based on the drawings by Zygmunt Vogel "Collection of Famous National Monuments", he also illustrated the work of Stanisław Staszic on "Earth Treasures of the Carpathians" (1815) and the song book "Historical Chants" by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz with music by Karol Kurpiński (1816).
At least since 1808 he was a member of the first Berlin, then from 1809 Warsaw Masonic lodge Zum Samariter .
He was buried in the Warsaw Evangelical Reformed Cemetery on Młynarska Street. His tomb has not been preserved.
His son Jakob Michael Frey was a well-known Warsaw doctor and obstetrician.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Frej, Johann Zacharias . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 350 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Johann Zacharias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frey, Jan Zachariasz (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and engraver of Austrian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1829 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |