Draft:Frantisek Xavier Drozen
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He learned the craft in Prague from Jan Baptista Vávra (uncle) and Jaroslav Dvořák . After 1919, he worked as a journeyman with violinists Antonín Chudlařský , Bohuslav Lantner and the Šámal brothers. He founded an independent workshop in Turnov in 1925 - he worked here until his death.
His violin models were the instruments of Stradivari , Guarneri and Stainer . He used golden yellow and garnet red paint. The most famous users of Drozen's instruments were Jan Kubelík , Otakar Ševčík , David Oistrach and the National Theater orchestra. In total, he created around 700 master pieces, roughly 390 were violins and a number of cheaper pieces from semi-finished products.
He received several awards for his work, in 1960 the award for outstanding work and in 1971 the title of meritorious artist . In 2017, a commemorative plaque was unveiled to him on a house with a workshop in Turnov.
His labels were often referred to as FX Drozen, Wivořil L. P 19--, V. Turnove. In the first years of the establishment of his workshop between 1925 and around 1933, the label had the name Frant. Drozen