Johann Evangelist Holzer (1709-1740)


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Name (English): Johann Evangelist Holzer
Short name: Johann Evangelist Holzer
Year of birth: 1709
Year of death: 1740
Short Description: "Johann Evangelist Holzer (December 24, 1709 – July 21, 1740) was an Austrian-German painter.

Holzer was born in Burgeis, Mals, in the Vinschgau Valley of South Tyrol, as the son of a miller. He was sent to undertake a classical course of study at Marienberg Abbey, but wished to study art; a portrait he painted of Johann Baptist Murr, then the abbot of the abbey, convinced his father to yield to his wishes. He studied under Nikolaus Auer and made rapid progress. At the age of 18 he painted the altarpiece of the Marienberg Abbey church, depicting Saint Joseph as patron of the afflicted, ill, and dying. He then went to Straubing, where he learned under Joseph Anton Merz how to paint frescos, which would become the main source of his later fame. He helped Merz paint the frescos of Oberalteich Abbey, and while in Straubing also painted Saint Anthony of Padua for the Franciscan church there." - (en.wikipedia.org 18.03.2021)
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[Last update: 2021/03/18]