About Joseph Anton Merz
Lived 1681 – 1750 (aged 68–69). Joseph Anton Merz was a painter and artist.
Joseph Anton Merz (1681 – 7 January 1750) was a German Baroque painter.
Merz was born in Marktoberdorf, in Swabia.
He was active until 1734, mainly around Straubing, in Bavaria, and predominantly painted altarpieces and frescos. He was a "much sought-after painter of altarpieces and. Frescoes in churches around Straubing." His better known works include a fresco cycle in the Oberalteich Abbey, frescoes of Benedictine Collegiate Church, and the ceiling fresco of the Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Thürnthenning (now in greater Moosthenning).
He briefly hired Johann Evangelist Holzer as his assistant.
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Who was Joseph Anton Merz?
German artist (1681-1750)
When was Joseph Anton Merz born?
Joseph Anton Merz was born in 1681 in Marktoberdorf.
When did Joseph Anton Merz die?
Joseph Anton Merz died on 7 January 1750 in Straubing.
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Joseph Anton Merz was a painter and artist.
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