Josef Anton Zoller

Josef Anton Zoller (also Joseph Anton Zoller , born February 11, 1730 in Klagenfurt , † February 21, 1791 in Hall in Tirol ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

Josef Anton Zoller was born as the eldest son of the painter Anton Zoller in Klagenfurt and came to Tyrol with the family when his father was granted citizenship in Hall in 1753. He learned from his father and helped with many of his works. From 1763 he created his own frescoes and altarpieces for numerous churches in Tyrol. In doing so, he continued the style of his father, with random excerpts and small improvisations taking the place of conscious composition and the figures showing even more lightness. In the pseudo-architecture he follows the popular scheme of Andrea Pozzo . In addition to frescoes, Zoller created landscape pictures with biblical scenes in gouache . He died in Hall in 1790 without heirs. Joseph and Franz Giner were among his students .

In Vintl , Josef-Anton-Zoller-Strasse was named after him.

Works (selection)

Ceiling fresco Whitsun miracle , parish church Neustift in the Stubaital (1772)

Ceiling frescoes, Schmirn parish church , 1757 (with Anton Zoller)
Ceiling frescoes, Gschnitz parish church , 1759 (with Anton Zoller)
Ceiling frescoes, Mutters parish church , 1759 (with Anton Zoller)
Sundial, parish church Natters , 1759 (designed by Peter Anich )
Wall and ceiling frescoes, Niedervintl parish church , around 1763
Ceiling fresco Baptism of Jesus , Church of St. Johann in Tschötsch , 1763
Ceiling frescoes, parish church Obertilliach , 1764 (with Anton Zoller)
Ceiling frescoes, pilgrimage church of the Assumption of Mary, Anras , 1765
Wall and ceiling frescoes, Kollreid Chapel Anras, 1765
Ceiling frescoes Evangelists , Esther , Virtues , Chapel Our Lady in Stöckl, Kiens , 1766
Ceiling frescoes, Abfaltern parish church , 1769–1771
Ceiling fresco of the central dome Whitsun miracle , parish church Neustift in the Stubaital , 1772
Ceiling frescoes, branch church St. Josef, Oberpettnau , 1774
Side altar paintings, Salvatorkirche Hall, 1778–1781
Ceiling frescoes, Absam parish church , 1780

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Zoller, Josef Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 60th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1891, p. 250 ( digitized version ).
Heinrich Hammer: The development of the baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol. Studies on German Art History, Issue 159, JH Ed. Heitz, Strasbourg 1912, pp. 325–328 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Josef Anton Zoller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Zoller, Josef Anton in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Josef Anton Zoller , Hall from A to Z

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gert Amann: Parish Church of St. Georg, Neustift in the Stubaital. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 1558), Munich 1986, p. 10
↑ St. Johann with cemetery in Tschötsch in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

↑ Our Lady in the Stöckl in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

personal data
SURNAME	Zoller, Josef Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zoller, Joseph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 11, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 1791
Place of death	Hall in Tirol

[neustift-1] Gert Amann: Parish Church of St. Georg, Neustift in the Stubaital. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 1558), Munich 1986, p. 10

[2] St. Johann with cemetery in Tschötsch in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

[3] Our Lady in the Stöckl in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office