Johann Jakob Zeiller

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Fresco in the dome of the collegiate church of Ettal Abbey
Frescoes in the church of Elbigenalp
Choir fresco in the parish church of Elbigenalp
Fresco in the church of Bichlbach
Fresco in the Anastasia Chapel in Benediktbeuern Monastery
High altar picture in the parish church of Stanzach

Johann Jakob Zeiller or Zeiler (* July 8, 1708 in Reutte , Tyrol , † July 8, 1783 ibid) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Johann Jakob Zeiller was taught by his father Paul Zeiller (1658–1738) at the Reutten panel painting school as a boy . In 1723 he began his apprenticeship with Sebastiano Conca in Rome and then from 1729 to 1732 with Francesco Solimena in Naples. From there, Johann Jakob Zeiller moved directly to Vienna, where he worked as an employee of Paul Troger from 1733 up to and including 1743 . In addition, Zeiller purposefully attended the art academy in Vienna, only to achieve the coveted title of imperial court painter. With this privilege, obtained in 1737, he was able to work free of all trade tax, with as many assistants as necessary, not only in the kk hereditary countries, but also in the "Reich".

Through the mediation of Paul Troger, whose manner Zeiller mastered, he received the first major order to fresco the newly built Cistercian monastery church in Fürstenzell. His great empathy for the specific tasks of monumental decorative painting is shown u. a. in what is probably the largest baroque dome fresco (approx. 1300 m²) above the rotunda of the Ettal monastery church: In the most extreme form of the illusionistic scheme, it completely negates the dome shell and, with its immeasurable expanse, represents a highlight in the entire ceiling painting of the 18th century. In terms of room design consistency and progressiveness, Zeiller's dome solutions from the 1760s have almost nothing comparable. They clearly mark the last stages of baroque ceiling painting, which are otherwise difficult to understand given the variety of contrasting phenomena in this later phase. Zeiller uses the contradiction to emphasize the ambivalence of these forms and types in the interplay between illusionism and imagery. A masterpiece of artistic design is the choir fresco in Elbigenalp in the type of the one-sided, oblique underside of the earth shaft ceiling or dome in oblique projection. It is an exemplary example of baroque ceiling painting at the end of this epoch, which has exhausted all possibilities and is on the verge of deciding to abandon its traditional principles.

The fresco painter, who mainly worked in southern Germany, moved to Reutte around 1755. There Zeiller took over his father's workshop, in which his brother-in-law Balthasar Riepp had previously worked.

Zeiller's work is largely limited to sacred painting. He was mainly a fresco painter and also executed numerous panel paintings (altar leaves, portraits) in oil on canvas.

Works

as an employee of Paul Troger

independent work

  • 1739: Dome fresco of the castle and parish church in Rosenau
  • 1742/43: Frescoes with allegorical representations in the library vestibule and above the bookcases from Altenburg Abbey
  • 1744/45: Ceiling frescoes, high altar and other side altar paintings in the church of the Fürstenzell monastery
  • 1746: Ceiling fresco in the sacristy of the church of Aldersbach Abbey
  • 1747: Ceiling painting in the sacristy of the monastery church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary at Ettal Abbey
  • 1748–52: ​​Dome fresco of the monastery church of Ettal Abbey
  • 1752: Dome fresco of the Anastasia Chapel in Benediktbeuern Monastery
  • 1752/53: Ceiling frescoes of the Curate Church St. Georg in Bichl
  • 1754/55: Ceiling frescoes in the choir and chapter room of the Benedictine Abbey of Ettal
  • 1755: Ceiling frescoes in the parish church of St. Vitus in Iffeldorf
  • around 1755: Choir frescoes in the parish church of Breitenwang
  • 1756: Altarpieces of the Antonius Altarpiece in the parish church of Oberammergau
  • 1756–64: Dome and ceiling frescoes and altarpieces of the Basilica of St. Alexander and Theodor von Kloster Ottobeuren (partly with his relative Franz Anton Zeiller )
  • 1759: Ceiling frescoes and altarpiece of the Michael Chapel in Immenstaad on Lake Constance
  • 1761: Ceiling and wall frescoes in the psallier choir of the former Benedictine monastery church in Fischingen / Switzerland
  • 1761: Altar sheet of the sacrament altar (to the left of the pulpit) in the monastery church of the Assumption in Ettal
  • 1764: High altar painting in the Hinterhornbach church
  • 1765: Choir frescoes in the parish church of Eschenlohe
  • 1766: Ceiling frescoes in the stairwell, garden pavilion of the Cistercian Abbey of Fürstenzell
  • 1767/68: Ceiling frescoes of the former canon monastery church of Suben
  • 1771: Ceiling fresco in the dining room of Asbach Abbey
  • around 1772/74: Ceiling fresco in the former choir (today baptistery) of the church in Lechaschau
  • 1773: Choir fresco in the parish church of Erkheim
  • 1775/76: ceiling frescoes in the parish church of St. Nikolaus von Elbigenalp
  • 1776: High altar picture in Stockach Church
  • 1777: High altar picture in the parish church of Stanzach
  • 1777: Side altarpiece of the parish church of Holzgau (now in the parish church of Gossensass)
  • 1778: Ceiling frescoes in the nave of the parish church of Bichlbach
  • 1779/80: Ceiling frescoes of the Johanniskirche in Feldkirch (destroyed)

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personal data
SURNAME Zeiller, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zeiler, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1708
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutte , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1783
Place of death Reutte , Tyrol