Josef Ignaz Mildorfer (13 Oct 1719,
Innsbruck – 8 Dec 1775,
Vienna
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), was an Austrian painter.
Biography
Mildorfer was born in
Innsbruck, and was initially trained by his father
Michael Ignaz Mildorfer. He later apprenticed with
Paul Troger
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 pale ...
. In 1745 Mildorfer became a member of the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria.
History
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...
, and starting in 1751 taught as a professor of painting. That same year he was appointed court painter to
Princess Eleonora of Savoy
Eleonora Maria Teresa of Savoy (28 February 1728 – 14 August 1781) was a Savoyard princess, the eldest daughter of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg. She died unmarried.
Biography
''Eleonora'' Ma ...
, where he was commissioned to paint frescoes for the
Menagerie Pavilion at Schönbrunn. Mildorfer primarily painted religious-themed altarpieces and frescoes.
References
18th-century Austrian painters
18th-century Austrian male artists
Austrian male painters
1719 births
1775 deaths
Artists from Innsbruck
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Catholic painters