Johann Paul Auer
Johann Paul Auer (born September 20, 1636 in Nuremberg , † October 16, 1687 ibid) was a German painter.
life and work
Johann Paul Auer studied with Georg Christoph Eimmart in Regensburg between 1654 and 1658 . In 1660 he went to Venice , where he continued his training with Pietro Liberi . After a four-year stay in Rome , he moved on to Paris via Turin and Lyon and returned to Nuremberg in 1670.
Auer's work includes historical , landscape and genre scenes ; He was known and celebrated mainly for his portraits of numerous famous people. Several of these portraits were engraved after him. He died in Nuremberg in 1687.
literature
- Michael Bryan: Auer, Johann Paul. In: Robert Edmund Graves (Ed.): Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A – K). I (3rd ed.), George Bell & Sons, London 1886.
- Wilhelm Schmidt : Auer, Johann Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 637 f.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auer, Johann Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1636 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1687 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |