Johann Michael Greiter

Johann Michael Greiter (also Greitner , Kreittner ; * around 1736 in Tarrenz , Tyrol ; † June 27, 1786 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian painter .

Greiter was the son of a carpenter and also practiced his craft until he self-taught for the fine arts out of a passion for it. From 1772 he was a citizen of Salzburg. Among other things, he painted the portrait of Saint Sebastian in the church in Saaldorf in 1771, a Christ on the cross in the cemetery church of Mülln in 1780 and the portrait of the abbess Antonia Freifrau von Eiselsberg in the Nonnberg monastery in 1784 . For the former hospital church of St. Nikolaus in the Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol he painted the altarpiece Glorie der hll in 1768. Nikolaus and Margarethe as well as in 1773 the side altar picture of the 14 helpers in need . In 1778 he made two portraits of an elderly Mr. JG St. (81 years old) and a commoner woman. He also created two portraits of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo . When he was painting in Edmundsburg am Mönchsberg in Salzburg in 1786 , he fell off the ladder and died as a result of the fall.

Rattenberg (Tyrol). Augustinian Church
Augustinermuseum Rattenberg
Hieronymus Graf Colloredo
Francesco Lattanzio Firmian
Massimiliana Firmian
Altar of Mary Kleinzell

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Greitner, Franz Michael . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 5th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 329 ( digitized version ).
Philipp H. Külb : Greinter (Franz Michael). In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order. Section 1 Part 90. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1871, p. 135 ( gdz ).
Franz Martin : Greiter (Greitner), Michael (Johann Mich.) . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 593 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

↑ Calculated from the age at death.
↑ Archdiocese of Salzburg, church book Salzburg-Dompfarre, burial book 1748–1819, p. 647 (50 years old)
↑ Miniature collection of Archduke Ludwig Viktor - boxes, faience, porcelain. Albert Schindler's estate - paintings, watercolors, drawings, applied arts . Dorotheum, Vienna 1922, p. 37 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ According to the burial entry in the church register, Greiter died "of nerve burn" ( Gangraena nervosa ).

personal data
SURNAME	Greiter, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tarrenz , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1786
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] Calculated from the age at death.

[2] Archdiocese of Salzburg, church book Salzburg-Dompfarre, burial book 1748–1819, p. 647 (50 years old)

[3] Miniature collection of Archduke Ludwig Viktor - boxes, faience, porcelain. Albert Schindler's estate - paintings, watercolors, drawings, applied arts . Dorotheum, Vienna 1922, p. 37 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] According to the burial entry in the church register, Greiter died "of nerve burn" ( Gangraena nervosa ).