Laurenz Janscha

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Laurenz Janscha (born June 30, 1749 in Bresnitz / Breznica near Radmannsdorf in the Upper Carniola ; † April 1, 1812 in Vienna ) was an Austrian-Slovenian landscape painter , vedute draftsman and etcher .

Life

Laurenz Janscha (also: Lorenz Jantscha or Lovro Janša ), son of the farmer Matthias Janscha (1683–1752) and Lucia Debellak (1705–1781), was admitted to the copper engraving academy in Vienna around 1770; there he received his training in landscape drawing from Johann Christian Brand . Another teacher was Franz Edmund Weirotter . From 1780 he also worked on etchings. In 1785 Janscha worked on the collection de 50 vues de la ville de Vienne of the Vienne publishing house Artaria ; he contributed watercolors for seven mostly landscape sheets. As a result, the artist concentrated on producing vedute and views of the Vienna area and other areas, which were published as copperplate engravings or etchings by various Viennese publishers , for example by Johann Ziegler , and were widely used. In 1803 he painted a large panorama of Vienna based on a template , which was shown in a showroom in the Prater and in other cities.

In 1797 Janscha succeeded Carl Philipp Schallhas as a proofreader in the landscape drawing class at the Vienna Academy . In 1806, after the death of Friedrich August Brands, he was appointed director of the master school; In 1811 he was also awarded the title of professor. Janscha was married to Theresia Rindfleisch (1760-1806), a daughter of the watch case maker Johann Michael Rindfleisch (marriage 1786 in Vienna).

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SURNAME Janscha, Laurenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janša, Lovro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Bresnitz
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1812
Place of death Vienna