Paul Troger Artist

Paul Troger (30 October 1698 – 20 July 1762) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker of the late Baroque period. Troger's illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their palette of light colors.Paul Troger’s style, particularly in his frescoes, dominated Austrian painting until the end of the 18th century and profoundly influenced significant artists of the next generation, notably Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Josef Ignaz Mildorfer, Johann Wenzel Bergl and Johann Lucas Kracker.

Personal facts

Paul Troger
Birth dateOctober 30, 1698
Birth place
Welsberg-Taisten
Nationality
Austria
Date of deathJuly 20, 1762
Place of death
Vienna

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Artist

Influenced
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
Franz Karl Palko
Franz Sigrist
Influenced by
Movement
Baroque
training at
Francesco Solimena
Sebastiano Ricci
Giuseppe Alberti

Topical connections

Paul Troger on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=who%3ATroger%2C+Paul
  2. http://www.webumenia.sk/web/guest/search/-/simpleSearch/query=au%3A%22Paul+Troger%22