Johann Rieger (painter)

Johann Rieger (* 1655 in Dinkelscherben , † March 3, 1730 in Augsburg ) was a German painter , draftsman and academy director in Augsburg.

Signature of Johann Rieger on the main altarpiece in the Church of St. Maria in Bergkirchen (Jesenwang)

Life

As a student of Johann Georg Knappich , Rieger got to know painting and worked for him from 1680 to 1683 as a journeyman. After a long stay in Rome, Rieger received the master's right in Augsburg in 1696 and was the first Catholic director of the newly founded Imperial City Art Academy between 1710 and 1730 . In addition to this office, Rieger also worked for important aristocratic families such as the Fuggers .

Around 1709 he created the altar panel Adoration of the Most Holy Altar Sacrament through the four continents for the parish altar of the Würzburg Cathedral , which, however , burned together with the reredos on March 16, 1945 .

literature

Gode Krämer: Rieger, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 579 f. ( Digitized version ).
Peter Stoll: The Denial of Peter. Johann Rieger as an employee of Johann Georg Knappich in Stötten am Auerberg . University Library, Augsburg 2015 full text

Web links

Commons : Johann Rieger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Information on Johann Rieger in the Augsburger Stadtlexikon

Individual evidence

↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 646 and 948.

personal data
SURNAME	Rieger, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	1655
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shards of spelled
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1730
Place of death	augsburg

[1] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 646 and 948.