Joseph Franz Engel
Joseph Franz Engel (* 1776 ?; † 1827 ) was an Austrian architect who mainly worked for the Princely Liechtenstein Building Management .
biography
Nothing is known about his training. Artistically formative was his collaboration with the French architect Charles de Moreau (1758–1840), with whom the influences of revolutionary architecture came to Austria. Initially, Engel worked for Nikolaus II. Esterházy de Galantha , and later for Liechtenstein construction management. In Eisenstadt he designed the curtain for the performance of the Magic Flute under the Mozart student Johann Nepomuk Hummel .
In the service of Liechtenstein he was initially an employee of Joseph Kornhäusel , and after his resignation from 1819 himself construction director. In the area of the Lednice (Eisgrub) and Valtice (Feldsberg) castles and their parks, he built the Temple of Apollo in 1818/19 according to plans by Joseph Kornhäusel. Feldberg he added the Neuhof to the cowshed with Hall and the Temple of the Three Graces , in Eisgrub he established in 1821 the Palace Theater, on the border between the two plants, the Border Chateau and Maria Enzersdorf the Liechtenstein Palace .
Another work is the renovation and expansion of the Benedictine monastery Pannonhalma .
literature
- Pavel Zatloukal (eds.), Pŕemysl Krejčiŕik and Ondŕej Zatloukal: The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape . Foibos Books, Prague 2012. ISBN 978-80-87073-47-6 , pp. 166f. [Short biography]
Web links
- Overview of the House of Liechtenstein and its building management
- Peter Prokop: The architect Franz Engel (1780–1827) in the service of Esterházy
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engel, Joseph Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1776 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1827 |