Joseph Pichler (painter) explained

Joseph Pichler (May 9, 1730 – December 15, 1808) was an Austrian painter, best known for his frescoes.^{[1] [2]}

Pichler was born in the Carinthian village of Kötschach, which he left in 1752 to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Pichler remained primarily known for the frescoes commissioned by his long-time client Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. Pichler applied frescoes in Kaunitz's Slavkov Castle (located in Slavkov u Brna), the castle's chapel,^[3] and the Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein, where he painted the frescoes in the stairwell and the banquet hall.^[4] Pichler also worked for the Habsburg royal family, for whom he created the frescoes in the so-called Blauer Hof and probably also in adjunct buildings in their summer residence in Laxenburg.^[5] As a reward for his work, Pichler was ennobled.^[6]

In 1808, Pichler died in Lerchenfeld, which used to be an independent municipality but is nowadays in the territory of Vienna.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discover painter, fresco painter, wall painter Josef Pichler . rkd.nl . en.
2. Book: Oettinger . Eduard Maria . Moniteur des dates: Biographisch-genealogisch-historisches welt-register enthaltend die personal-akten der menschheit, d. h. den heimaths- und geburts-schein, den heirathsakt und todestag von mehr als 100,000 geschichtlichen persönlichkeiten aller zeiten und nationen von erschaffung der welt bis auf den heutigen tag, mit zahlreich eingestreuten noten aus allen zweigen der curiosität . 1871 . L. Denicke . fr.
3. Book: Ziska, Franz . Kunst und Alterthum in dem österreichischen Kaiserstaate . 1836 . Beck . de . 254 . 2018-08-31 .
4. Book: Springer, Elisabeth . Formann . Barbara . Laxenburg : Juwel vor den Toren Wiens . 2013 . Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz . de . 9783990281932 . 606 .
5. Book: Springer, Elisabeth . Formann . Barbara . Laxenburg : Juwel vor den Toren Wiens . 2013 . Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz . de . 9783990281932 . 133 .
6. Book: Frodl . Gerbert . Frodl-Schneemann . Marianne . Die Blumenmalerei in Wien . 2010 . Böhlau . de . 9783205785583 . 164 .