Johann Zacharias Frey, or Jan Zachariasz Frey (June 1769, Vienna - 8 August 1829, Warsaw) was an Austrian engraver and painter who spent most of his career in Poland.

Biography

His father was an Austrian military officer. He initially studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, then studied in London with Benjamin West. At the invitation of the Czartoryski family, he went to Puławy, around 1794, where he made a series of engravings of the residence and the , established by Countess

Izabela Czartoryska Elżbieta "Izabela" Dorota Czartoryska (''née'' Flemming; 3 March 1746 – 15 July 1835) was a Polish princess, writer, art collector, and prominent figure in the Polish Enlightenment. She was the wife of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and a m ...

. In 1804, he was appointed court painter and engraver to Count Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. During that time, he produced a series of illustrative engravings for a book by the Countess called ''Various Thoughts on the Art of Garden Design'', published by . Most of the original engravings are now at the Czartoryski Museum. Shortly after, he relocated to Warsaw, where he spent the rest of his life. In addition to his artistic activity, he was a teacher at the

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monastery school. His first project there was a series of postcards, depicting national monuments, based on the drawings

Zygmunt Vogel Zygmunt Vogel (15 June 1764, Wołczyn – 20 April 1826, Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator, educator, and painter in the classical style. He was sometimes called ''Ptaszek'' (Polish for "Bird"): a reference to his name (which means "bird" in G ...

. In 1815, he illustrated ''On the Carpathian Region and Other Mountains of Poland'' by Stanisław Staszic. The following year, he illustrated ''Historical Songs'', with lyrics by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, set to music by

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. From 1808, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was interred at the

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, but his tomb has not survived. His son, , became a noted obstetrician.

Sources

Biography
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Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...

'' @ WikiSource

External links

More works by Frey
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National Museum, Kraków The National Museum in Kraków ( pl, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie), popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland, and the main branch of Poland's National Museum, which has several independent branches with permanent collections arou ...

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