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[[File:HGM Palko Familienportrait Maria Theresia.jpg|thumb|215px|Family Portrait: [[Maria Theresa]] with Emperor [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I]] and Joseph (later, Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]])]]
[[File:Palko Holy Family.jpg|thumb|215px|The Holy Family]]
'''Franz Xaver Karl Palko''' (3 March 1724, [[Breslau]] - c.1767, [[Prague]]) was a [[Silesians|Silesian]] painter; known primarily for religious scenes, although he also did portraits and engravings.
==Biography==
He was the son of a painter named Anton Palko (?-1754), about whom little is known. he began his studies at home, then went to Vienna, where he studied at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|Academy of Fine Arts]]. In the 1740s, he was enrolled at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]] and came under the influence of [[Giuseppe Crespi]]. After returning, he worked in [[Bratislava]], [[Kroměříž]] and [[Brno]]; finally settling in [[Dresden]], where he painted [[fresco]]es depicting the life of Saint [[John of Nepomuk]].
In 1752, he was appointed a [[court painter]] for the [[Electorate of Saxony]], but moved on to Prague before a year was over, having received a commission from the [[Society of Jesus]] to paint frescoes at [[St. Nicholas Church (Malá Strana)|St. Nicholas Church]]. However, the [[Corporation (feudal Europe)|Painter's Guild]] protested, noting that he was neither a guild member nor a citizen of Prague and was therefore undesirable. The following year, a Magistrate ruled that he could finish his work, on the grounds that being a court painter was equivalent to guild membership.<ref name="W"> [https://cs.wikisource.org/wiki/Ottův_slovník_naučný/Palko Biography] @ Czech WikiSource</ref>
He never became a citizen of Prague, but stayed there for many years. Most of his works appear to have been frescoes or [[altarpiece]]s. At some point, he was married, as there are baptismal records for a son, Jan Xaver, dating from 1756. The mother's name is given as Marie Anna Bursch, from [[Saxony]].<ref name="W" />
Exact information regarding his death is not available. He apparently died in Prague in 1767, although other sources indicate that he moved to Munich in hopes of becoming a court painter for the [[Electorate of Bavaria]], but was unsuccessful and died there, in poverty, in 1770.<ref></ref>
His brother, was also a well-known painter.
== References ==
==Further reading==
* Pavel Vlček, ''Umělecké památky Prahy. Malá Strana'', Academia, 1999 ISBN 80-200-0771-7
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2XMkGOu More works by Palko] @ ArtNet
* [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLKÖ:Balko,_Franz_Xaver Brief biography] from the [[Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich]] @ German WikiSource
[[Category:1724 births]]
[[Category:1760s deaths]]
[[Category:German painters]]
[[Category:German portrait painters]]
[[Category:Fresco painters]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Austria-Hungary]]
[[File:Palko Holy Family.jpg|thumb|215px|The Holy Family]]
'''Franz Xaver Karl Palko''' (3 March 1724, [[Breslau]] - c.1767, [[Prague]]) was a [[Silesians|Silesian]] painter; known primarily for religious scenes, although he also did portraits and engravings.
==Biography==
He was the son of a painter named Anton Palko (?-1754), about whom little is known. he began his studies at home, then went to Vienna, where he studied at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|Academy of Fine Arts]]. In the 1740s, he was enrolled at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]] and came under the influence of [[Giuseppe Crespi]]. After returning, he worked in [[Bratislava]], [[Kroměříž]] and [[Brno]]; finally settling in [[Dresden]], where he painted [[fresco]]es depicting the life of Saint [[John of Nepomuk]].
In 1752, he was appointed a [[court painter]] for the [[Electorate of Saxony]], but moved on to Prague before a year was over, having received a commission from the [[Society of Jesus]] to paint frescoes at [[St. Nicholas Church (Malá Strana)|St. Nicholas Church]]. However, the [[Corporation (feudal Europe)|Painter's Guild]] protested, noting that he was neither a guild member nor a citizen of Prague and was therefore undesirable. The following year, a Magistrate ruled that he could finish his work, on the grounds that being a court painter was equivalent to guild membership.<ref name="W"> [https://cs.wikisource.org/wiki/Ottův_slovník_naučný/Palko Biography] @ Czech WikiSource</ref>
He never became a citizen of Prague, but stayed there for many years. Most of his works appear to have been frescoes or [[altarpiece]]s. At some point, he was married, as there are baptismal records for a son, Jan Xaver, dating from 1756. The mother's name is given as Marie Anna Bursch, from [[Saxony]].<ref name="W" />
Exact information regarding his death is not available. He apparently died in Prague in 1767, although other sources indicate that he moved to Munich in hopes of becoming a court painter for the [[Electorate of Bavaria]], but was unsuccessful and died there, in poverty, in 1770.<ref></ref>
His brother, was also a well-known painter.
== References ==
==Further reading==
* Pavel Vlček, ''Umělecké památky Prahy. Malá Strana'', Academia, 1999 ISBN 80-200-0771-7
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/2XMkGOu More works by Palko] @ ArtNet
* [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLKÖ:Balko,_Franz_Xaver Brief biography] from the [[Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich]] @ German WikiSource
[[Category:1724 births]]
[[Category:1760s deaths]]
[[Category:German painters]]
[[Category:German portrait painters]]
[[Category:Fresco painters]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Austria-Hungary]]
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