Philipp Haller

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Philipp Haller (* 1698  in Innsbruck ; † 1772 ibid) was an Austrian painter .

life and work

High altar painting of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in the Capuchin Church of Gmunden (1753)

Haller received his artistic training from Nikolaus Auer  in Passeier  and from Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in Venice . He then lived in Innsbruck. He painted portraits and altarpieces, among others for the Jesuit Church  and the Servite Monastery in Innsbruck, the Wilten Abbey  and the Fiecht Abbey . In addition, he created numerous drawings in charcoal  and chalk in the tradition of Piazzetta, which are characterized by the alternation of broad, light surfaces with jagged shadows. One of his students was Joseph Schöpf .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. Ellen Hastaba:  Schöpf, Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 102 f. (Direct links on p. 102 , p. 103 ).