Johann Georg Hiltensperger

Sándor Liezen-Mayer is recorded as having studied under Johann Georg Hiltensperger. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Work by Johann Georg Hiltensperger is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections, Führermuseum and Wallraf–Richartz Museum.

Born in Haldenwang, Oberallgäu, he was trained in drawing by L. Weiß before studying under Johann Peter von Langer at the Royal Art Academy and under Peter von Cornelius at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Returning to Munich in 1825, he there received commissions for frescoes and oil paintings from Ludwig I of Bavaria and Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria. For example, between 1838 and 1865 he produced the Odyssey Cycle in festal hall of the Munich Residenz to designs by Ludwig Schwanthaler. He also became a member of Munich's Vereins für Christliche Kunst (Association for Christian Art) • Illustration — His grave His first marriage was in Unterbruck to Anna Theresia von Paur (1806–1831), daughter of a member of the landed gentry. Anna was the sister to Carl von Paur, a member of parliament. Otto Hiltensperger, a son by his second marriage, also became a painter. Johann died in Munich and is buried in Gräberfeld 15 – Reihe 13 – Platz 17 of the city's Alter Südfriedhof.

• Illustration — Albert III, Duke of Bavaria refusing the kingly crown