Franz de Paula Ferg
Biografie1689 - 1740
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Franz de Paula Ferg was born in Vienna on the second of May in 1689, as the son of the history painter Adam Pancraz Ferg. He taught his son his initial artistic education.
His father then placed him under a painter called Baschueber, with whom he remained for four years. He returned to his father's house, and studied the engravings of Callot and Le Clerc, whose peculiarities proved a great influence on his style. He then studied at Vienna under Hans Graaf, a painter of small landscapes with figures, fairs, etc. After that he more permanently studied under Joseph Orient, a well-known landscape painter, in whose house he lived for three years, often painting the figures in his landscapes.
He eventually settled in London. Although he found plenty of employment there, he drifted into depressed circumstances. According to some sources this was due to his own irresponsibility and an ill-advised marriage. This version of his life events was, however, disputed by Noel Desenfans, who attributed Ferg's difficulties to a head injury caused by a blow from falling roof-tile, which made him unable to paint. In 1740 he was found dead in the street, not far from his lodgings, in a condition of great destitution.
His father then placed him under a painter called Baschueber, with whom he remained for four years. He returned to his father's house, and studied the engravings of Callot and Le Clerc, whose peculiarities proved a great influence on his style. He then studied at Vienna under Hans Graaf, a painter of small landscapes with figures, fairs, etc. After that he more permanently studied under Joseph Orient, a well-known landscape painter, in whose house he lived for three years, often painting the figures in his landscapes.
He eventually settled in London. Although he found plenty of employment there, he drifted into depressed circumstances. According to some sources this was due to his own irresponsibility and an ill-advised marriage. This version of his life events was, however, disputed by Noel Desenfans, who attributed Ferg's difficulties to a head injury caused by a blow from falling roof-tile, which made him unable to paint. In 1740 he was found dead in the street, not far from his lodgings, in a condition of great destitution.
