Johann Matthias Wurzer
Johann Matthias Wurzer (* 1760 in Siegsdorf , Upper Bavaria; † April 19, 1838 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian painter from Salzburg.
Wurzer came to Salzburg in 1776 at the age of 16, became an apprentice to the painter Franz Karl Zircher (1741–1793) and stayed with him until 1782.
The Gurk prince-bishop Franz II. Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim , who employed Zircher, recognized the talent of the young Wurzer and sent him to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , where Wurzer learned flower and fruit painting from the flower painter Johann Baptist Drechsler . After nine years of study, Prince Salm called him to Klagenfurt , where he stayed for six to seven years, taking care of the plants from the local and neighboring Alpine regions.
Wurzer returned to Salzburg around 1795, where he acquired citizenship in 1797. He married the gardener's daughter from Gnigl , Theresia Starchl.
He mainly painted still lifes of flowers and fruits as well as landscapes. He also gave painting lessons. His students included u. a. Georg Pezolt and Anton Reiffenstuhl .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wurzer, Johann Matthias . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1890, p. 27 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Franz Martin : Wurzer, Johann Matthias . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 316 .
- Gerhard Renner: The bequests in the libraries and museums of the Republic of Austria. Böhlau, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1993, p. 453.
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| SURNAME | Wurzer, Johann Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siegsdorf , Upper Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1838 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |