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Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761) was a prolific Austrian
Platzer was born in Eppan in the
File:Måleri. Genrebild. Platzer - Skoklosters slott - 88955.tif, Fountain scene in front of a palace, 1730s.
File:Måleri, genrebild. Platzer - Skoklosters slott - 88954.tif, Dancing scene with palace interior, 1730s.
File:Johann Georg Platzer 001.jpg, ''Allegory of the Four Seasons'', 1750.
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
painter and draughtsman.
Life and career
Platzer was born in Eppan in the County of Tyrol
The (Princely) County of Tyrol was an estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol, unified with the secularised ...
, and came from a family of painters. He painted primarily historical and mythical scenes. The Joanneum Alte Galerie in Graz houses the largest collection of Platzer's work under a single roof. Platzer worked with his uncle as a court painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
in Passau. He returned to Eppan where he continued to work until his death in 1761.
See also
*List of Orientalist artists
This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
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Further reading
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