Ludvík Kohl, in German; Ludwig Kohl (14 April 1746,

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- 18 June 1821, Prague) was a Czech-Austrian painter, draftsman, and

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who lived and worked in the

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and later the

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Biography

His father, Antonín Kohl, was an engraver and his grandfather was the sculptor, . He graduated from the

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school in

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, where he was a pupil of the

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n historian, . During these years, he also took private painting lessons from

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. Later, he became the first teacher of his younger brother, . After 1766, he continued his studies at the

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, with and became a full member of the academy in 1769. He returned to Prague the following year and, until his death, taught drawing at the Royal Normal school. In 1799, he helped establish the

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and, in 1818, he was awarded the Golden Medal for Civil Merit. His early work shows traces of influence from the

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, but he later switched to Viennese

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. Most of works involve interior and exterior views of monumental buildings, although he also created some works with religious and historical themes. He would sometimes collaborate with Clemens, who helped him turn his works into copperplate engravings. Of especial note are his proposed designs for the completion of St. Vitus Cathedral at the

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complex.

Selected works

File:Kohl Stepan.jpg, ''The Interior of St. Stephen's Cathedral'' File:Ludvík Kohl (1746-1821) - V egyptském chrámu.jpg, ''Egyptian Peristyle Court'' File:Ludvík Kohl - In an Ancient Palace - O 6316 - National Gallery Prague.jpg, ''In an Ancient Palace'' (1816)

Sources

* Gottfried Johann Dlabacz: ''Allgemeines historisches Künstler-Lexikon für Böhmen und zum Theile auch für Mähren und Schlesien''. Band 2, Gottlieb Haase, Prag 1815, Sp. 96–101
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''Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten aus dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.'' Band 7, E. A. Fleischmann, München 1839, S. 127
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'' * * Marcela Pánková: ''Ludvík Kohl (1746–1821)''. Národní Galerie, Prag 1984. *

External links

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