Joseph Anton Pozzi
Giuseppe Antonio Pozzi (German Joseph Anton Pozzi , born September 4, 1732 in Castel San Pietro , Ticino; † April 29, 1811 in Mannheim ) was a member of the stucco dynasty Pozzi from Bruzella .
He was born the son of the plasterer Francesco Pozzi , who worked in Switzerland and southwest Germany on various occasions . His field of activity as a plasterer was above all Mannheim, which gained new splendor as the royal seat of the Electoral Palatinate .
His sons born in Pruntrut and Mannheim
- Francesco Antonio, (* 1763 Pruntrut ; † 1807 Frankfurt am Main )
- Maximilian Joseph , Massimiliano Giuseppe Maria (* 1770 Mannheim ; † 1842), sculptor
- Carlo Ignazio (1786–1842), painter, architect and set designer
worked as plasterer, painter and architect and as sculptor in Germany and the Netherlands.
literature
- Pozzi (artist family) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 333 .
- Renate Treydel: Pozzi, Giuseppe Antonio . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 96, de Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-023262-2 , p. 457.
Individual evidence
- ^ Giuseppe Antonio (Joseph Anton) Pozzi at sueddeutscher-barock.ch.
- ^ Anastasia Gilardi: Pozzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 8, 2012 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pozzi, Joseph Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pozzi, Giuseppe Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ticino plasterer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1732 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castel San Pietro |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1811 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |