Joseph Anton Merz

Joseph Anton Merz
A fresco of angels above a bowing woman and a man in a chair surrounded by a pink ceiling.
Ceiling fresco in a western vault of the Church of St. John of Nepomuk
Born1681 (1681)
Marktoberdorf
Died1750 (aged 68–69)
Straubing
Notable workFrescos in Oberalteich Abbey and Church of St. John of Nepomuk
StyleFrescoes, Christian Art

Joseph Anton Merz (1681 – 7 January 1750) was a German Baroque painter.

Merz was born in Marktoberdorf, in Swabia.

He was active until 1734, mainly around Straubing, in Bavaria, and predominantly painted altarpieces and frescos. He was a "much sought-after painter of altarpieces and. Frescoes in churches around Straubing." His better known works include a fresco cycle in the Oberalteich Abbey, frescoes of Benedictine Collegiate Church, and the ceiling fresco of the Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Thürnthenning (now in greater Moosthenning).[citation needed]

He briefly hired Johann Evangelist Holzer as his assistant.

References

  1. ↑ Ay, Karl Ludwig; Blessing, Werner K.; Bosl, Erika (1983). Bosl, Karl (ed.). Bosls bayerische Biographie. Compiled by Erika Bosl. Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet. p. 523. ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 – via Digital Collections of the University Library Regensburg.
  2. 1 2 Stoll, Peter (May 2012). "Der 'kunstreiche Maler' Mörz aus Unterdießen: Seine Fresken in Leeder und Ellighofen und seine Beziehungen zu Joseph Anton Merz in Straubing" (PDF). Universität Augsburg: 1–18.
  3. ↑ "Joseph Anton Merz | Salvation of the Souls in Purgatory Through the". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Johann Evangelist Holzer". Artvee. Retrieved 2026-07-15.