Johann Michael Rottmayr Artist

Johann Michael Rottmayr (December 11, 1656 – October 25, 1730), was an Austrian painter. He was the first notable baroque painter north of Italy.Rottmayr was born in Laufen an der Salzach, Salzburg, now Germany. Along with his Laufen born contemporary, Hans Adam Weissenkircher, he received his education from Johann Carl Loth in Venice. Just as Weissenkircher had brought the Italian Renaissance to the southern Alps and the court of the Princes of Eggenberg in Graz, Rottmayr brought it north of the Alps and from 1689 onwards worked in Salzburg, where he was employed as the general painter of the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg.

Personal facts

Johann Michael Rottmayr
Birth dateDecember 11, 1656
Birth place
Laufen Germany
Nationality
Austria
Date of deathOctober 25, 1730
Place of death
Mougins , France

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Movement
Baroque
training at
Johann Carl Loth

Johann Michael Rottmayr on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottmayr
  2. http://www.maislinger.net/liste_english