John Gantz (1772 - 1853) - photo 1

John Gantz

John Gantz was an Austrian-born architect, painter, surveyor and lithographer.

Gantz worked for the East India Company from about 1800 to 1803 as a draftsman and architect. A manuscript list of Madras residents dated March 1819 lists him as "Architect, originally from India". By 1827, Gantz had installed the first lithographic printing press in Madras, one of the first such printing presses in India. Gantz's drawings depict the bridges and architectural structures of the city, the inhabitants in their daily activities, modes of transportation, crafts and professions of Indians, he also painted picturesque landscapes of India.

Gantz had two sons, architect Justinian and Julius.

Date and place of birt:1772
Date and place of death:1853, Chennai, India
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Architect, Artist, Cartographer, Engraver, Painter
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting
Art style:Romanticism

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