Johann Christian Kammsetzer or Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer (
Dresden, 1753 – 25 November 1795,
Warsaw) was a
Dresden-born architect who was active primarily in
Poland.
Life
There is a record of Kammsetzer having attended the
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts ( German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the product ...
in 1771. From 1773 he worked for Poland's King
Stanisław August Poniatowski. Together with
Johann Christian Schuch
Johann Christian Schuch (or Jan Chrystian Szuch; 1752 – 28 June 1813) was a Dresden-born garden designer and architect, active in Poland.
Life
Schuch learned gardening from his father, a House of Wettin court gardener. Later he studied pain ...
and
Domenico Merlini
Domenico Merlini () (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style.
Life and Style
From 1750 till his death, Merlini lived in Poland. In 1768, he became a nobleman and later ...
, he redesigned the King's
Łazienki Park in
Warsaw.
He also worked for other Polish nobility, e.g., for the Raczyńskis on their
Rogalin
Rogalin is a village in western Poland, situated on the river Warta. It lies approximately east of the town of Mosina, and south of the metropolitan city of Poznań.[Ludwik Tyszkiewicz
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz ( lt, Liudvikas Tiškevičius; 1748 – 26 June 1808) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman ('' szlachcic'') and Field Lithuanian Hetman from 1780 to 1791, Great Lithuanian Treasurer from 1791, Great Lithuanian Marshal ...](_blank)
on his
palace in Warsaw.
Kammsetzer died, destitute, in Warsaw. On his deathbed he married his partner of many years, Marianna Manzet
(also spelled Manget and Manchette), with whom he had a son.
See also
*
List of Poles
References
*"Kammsetzer, Johann Christian," ''
Polski Słownik Biograficzny
''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigners ...
'', vol. 11, Wrocław, 1964–65.
1753 births
1795 deaths
Architects from Dresden
Architects from Warsaw
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