Giuseppe (Joseph) Schranz
- Years
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- Country
- Malta, Turkey
- Sold items
- 1
Biography
The member of a family of topographical artists, he was the youngest of three surviving artist sons of Anton Schranz the Elder (1769-1839). The Schranz family lived in Malta from 1818. Joseph Schranz travelled to the Ionian Islands twice in 1820s painting topographical watercolours. He returned to Malta from around 1843-1844.
From mid-1820s Schranz lived in Constantinople where in 1838 he became an instructor of art at the Military Academy and then at the Military High School too. He made views of the Bosphorus in pencil and watercolour which can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Crimean War (1853-6) brought Turkey to the attention of the public in Western Europe and Schranz responded to the demand for views of Constantinople by making several sets of panoramic lithographs.
The end of Schranz’s life is not well documented.
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