Knapp, Johann#

Knapp, Johann, b. Vienna, Sept. 5, 1778, d. Vienna, Feb. 9, 1833, painter of floral motifs and still life. Designed patterns for the Vienna Wallpaper Manufactory, from 1804 royal painter (Kammermaler*) to Archduke Anton Viktor, for whom he executed numerous drawings of domestic and exotic plants in the "Dutch garden" of Schoenbrunn Palace. For Archduke Johann he painted a collection of more than 300 alpine plants and a collection of natural rose families. Noted particularly for the minute detail of his work.

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