Johann Nepomuk Meichsner
Johann Nepomuk Michael von Meichsner (* 1737 in Feldkirch , † 1814 in Söflingen ) was a Swabian painter.
Life
Meichsner was the son of a senior magistrate from Fürstenberg von Engen and lived in Bolstern until 1763 . From 1764 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . and then returned to Swabia, where he mainly worked as a portrait painter in Ulm and Söflingen .
Works (excerpt)
- Altarpiece and Stations of the Cross of the parish church Eggendorf am Walde
- The Dragon Slayer Oil on paper, mounted on wood, inscribed and dated 1790 , 37 x 28 cm
literature
- Meichsner, Johann Nepomuk Michael von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 339 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berthold Pfeiffer: Post-Renaissance painting in Upper Swabia in Württ. Quarterly books f. National history. 12. 1903, p. 57
- ↑ Vienna Academy Archives, Student Protocol 1 c, p. 185
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meichsner, Johann Nepomuk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meichsner, Johann Nepomuk Michael von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swabian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Feldkirch |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1814 |
| Place of death | Söflingen |