John balzer biography

Czech engraver

Johann Balzer (6 August 1738 – 14 December 1799) was an 18th-century Czech engraver in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Life

Balzer was born in 1738 at Kuks in Bohemia. He was first instructed in art by Michal Rentz, but subsequently completed his education by travelling through Germany, where he visited several Academies. He chiefly resided at Prague, where he produced numerous works, mostly portraits, and died in 1799. He left two sons, Anton (1771–1807) and Johann Karl (1771–1805), who were both engravers, together with his brothers Mathias and Gregor.

Works

His works include:

• A set of 50 plates of landscapes and architectural subjects, with Biblical, mythological, and genre groups of figures after Norbert Grund, an old German painter.
• Two sets of portraits of artists and learned men of Bohemia and Moravia; published at Prague in the years 1773 to 1782 (90 plates).

References

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Balzer, Johann". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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Tribute

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John Balzer Wagon Works Complex

United States historic place

The John Balzer Wagon Works Complex is located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

John W. Balzer was born in 1827 in Goerlitz, Prussia. He served three years as an apprentice wagon maker there, and emigrated to the U.S. 1851. In 1853 he established a one-man wagon-and-sleigh-making shop in Sheboygan on the site of the current factory. As his business prospered, he added workers. As an example of his work, he received a $65 contract in 1865 to build a new hose cart for Sheboygan's volunteer fire department. In 1877 he built the 2-story cream brick factory at 818-820 Pennsylvania, which isn't included in the NRHP nomination because it has been remodeled.^[2]

In 1887 he added the similar 3-story cream brick factory at 820A Pennsylvania. This building has changed little from the time of construction - both inside and out - and is the subject of the NRHP nomination. The first story housed the wagon factory's blacksmith and some woodworking operations. The second story housed more woodworking operations. The third story is where paint and trim were applied to the wagons. The three stories were connected by a large freight e