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Johann Evangelist Holzer BIOGRAPHY
1709 South Tyrol - 1740. Known for: Painting, frescoes, altarpieces.
The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a... Read full biography
The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a miller. Holzer was educated at Marienberg Abbey but soon developed his pictorial Considerable skills.... Read full biography
The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a miller. Holzer was educated at Marienberg Abbey but soon developed his pictorial Considerable skills. At age eighteen he painted at altarpiece for Marienberg. He continued his studies in Straubing under Joseph Anton Merz (1681 - 1750) and in Augsburg under Johann Georg Bergmüller (1688 - 1762).... Read full biography
The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a miller. Holzer was educated at Marienberg Abbey but soon developed his pictorial Considerable skills. At age eighteen he painted at altarpiece for Marienberg. He continued his studies in Straubing under Joseph Anton Merz (1681 - 1750) and in Augsburg under Johann Georg Bergmüller (1688 - 1762). During this period Holzer specialized in painting large-scale frescoes and altarpieces in the increasingly popular Rococo style, particularly flamboyant in Southern Germany. Just before his premature death Holzer had been commissioned by the... Read full biography
The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a miller. Holzer was educated at Marienberg Abbey but soon developed his pictorial Considerable skills. At age eighteen he painted at altarpiece for Marienberg. He continued his studies in Straubing under Joseph Anton Merz (1681 - 1750) and in Augsburg under Johann Georg Bergmüller (1688 - 1762). During this period Holzer specialized in painting large-scale frescoes and altarpieces in the increasingly popular Rococo style, particularly flamboyant in Southern Germany. Just before his premature death Holzer had been commissioned by the Archbishop-Elector Clemens August of Bavaria to paint frescos for the Hofkirche in Clemenswerth. Johann Evangelist Holzer passed away in 1740.
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The short lived Johann Evangelist Holzer is regarded as one of the most important 18th - century artists active in Southern Germany and Austria. Johann was born in South Tyrol in 1709, the son of a miller. Holzer was educated at Marienberg Abbey but soon developed his pictorial Considerable skills. At age eighteen he painted at altarpiece for Marienberg. He continued his studies in Straubing under Joseph Anton Merz (1681 - 1750) and in Augsburg under Johann Georg Bergmüller (1688 - 1762). During this period Holzer specialized in painting large-scale frescoes and altarpieces in the increasingly popular Rococo style, particularly flamboyant in Southern Germany. Just before his premature death Holzer had been commissioned by ...But wait, there's more...
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