Johann Kautsky
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Johann Baptist Wenzel Kautsky (or Jan Václav Kautský; 14 September 1827,
Life
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, from 1844 to 1850 with Christian Ruben (figurative painting) and Max Haushofer (landscape painting). In 1850, he went to Düsseldorf to continue his studies with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer.[1]
The following year, he began work in Prague as a theater decorator. In 1854, he married the actress and writer
In 1863, he was appointed a decorative artist for the
Brioschi and Kautsky slowly gave up active participation in the firm, which was led by Burghart until his retirement in 1892.
That same year, Kautsky bought out his partners and handed the company over to his sons, Hans and Fritz, who joined with the Italian-born painter, Franz Angelo Rottonara, and operated under the name "Kautskys Söhne und Rottonara". They remained in business for several more decades.
References
- ^ a b "Kautsky, Jan". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 3, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 274.
Further reading
- Bořivoj Srba (1993), "Der Bühnenbildner Jan Václav Kautský und seine Arbeit für die tschechische Bühne", Sborník Prací Filozofické Fakulty Brněnské Univerzity - Studia Minora Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Bruensis Roč (in German), vol. 41–42, no. 27–28, Brno: ISBN 80-210-0819-9 (Online)
- Robin Thurlow Lacy: Kautsky, Johann. In: A biographical dictionary of scenographers : 500 B.C. to 1900 A.D. Greenwood Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-313-27429-0, pp. 340–341.
- Kautsky, Johann (Jan). In: Thieme-Becker: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol.20, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1927, pg.35
External links
- More works by Kautsky @ ArtNet
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