Josef Ignaz Mildorfer
Illustration — Pentecost byJosef Ignaz Mildorfer, Hungarian National Gallery, 1750s Josef Ignaz Mildorfer (13 October 1719 – 8 December 1775) was an Austrian painter.
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Josef Ignaz Mildorfer
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- Born
- 1719 · Innsbruck.
- Died
- 1775 · Leopoldstadt.
- Nationality
- United States · Habsburg monarchy
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · teacher
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Pentecost byJosef Ignaz Mildorfer, Hungarian National Gallery, 1750s Josef Ignaz Mildorfer (13 October 1719 – 8 December 1775) was an Austrian painter.
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The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Josef Ignaz Mildorfer is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery, Slovak National Gallery and musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Vienne.
Mildorfer was born in Innsbruck, and was initially trained by his father Michael Ignaz Mildorfer. He later apprenticed with Paul Troger. In 1745 Mildorfer became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and starting in 1751 taught as a professor of painting. That same year he was appointed court painter to Princess Eleonora of Savoy, where he was commissioned to paint frescoes for the Menagerie Pavilion at Schönbrunn. Mildorfer primarily painted religious-themed altarpieces and frescoes. He died in Vienna in 1775.
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Josef Ignaz Mildorfer is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation fresco painter. Recorded as painter, draftsperson and teacher.
Saint Mary in Hafnerberg (Lower Austria).
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1719
Josef Ignaz Mildorfer was born on 13 October 1719.
1775
Josef Ignaz Mildorfer died on 8 December 1775.
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