Johann Conrad Dorner (15 August 1809 - 30 June 1866) was an Austrian painter.

Biography

Born at

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, near

Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...

, in 1810, and studied historical painting under Cornelius. In 1836 he went to St. Petersburg, and there painted many portraits and

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s. He afterwards returned to Munich, and in 1860 went to Rome, where he died in 1866. He executed his best works whilst in the Italian city, mostly of religious character. A ''Madonna and Child, with St. John'' and an ''Infant Christ'' are in the

Pinakothek A pinacotheca (Latin borrowing from grc, πινακοθήκη, pinakothēkē = grc, πίναξ, pinax, (painted) board, tablet, label=none + grc, θήκη, thēkē, box, chest, label=none) was a picture gallery in either ancient Greece or anc ...

at Munich.

References

* 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 1809 births 1866 deaths People from Bregenz District {{Austria-painter-stub