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Johann Jakob Zeiller (8 July 1708 – 8 July 1783) was an Austrian painter. Zeiller was born in

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, trained by his father

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who was also a painter. In 1723 he began his apprenticeship with

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, and then from 1729 to 1732 with

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. From there, Zeiller moved directly to

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, where he operated from 1733 until 1743 as an employee of

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. In 1737 he received the coveted title of an imperial court painter from the

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. Zeiller painted primarily religious-themed frescoes. He did frescoes for the

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and the

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. He later returned to Reutte where he continued to work until his death in 1783. He contributed many frescoes in churches in

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Works

As an employee of Paul Troger * 1733/1734: Ceiling frescoes in the Altenburg collegiate church * 1734: Ceiling painting and lunette frescoes in the

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Abbey Library * 1735: Painting of the pilgrimage chapel in Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn * 1735: The ballroom in the Seitenstetten Abbey is painted * 1736/1738: Frescoes in the prelate rooms and in the ballroom of Altenburg Abbey * 1737: Painting of the crypt chapel in

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near Horn

* 1738: Decoration of the staircase and the summer refectory in the Geras Abbey * 1739: Painting of the "Salettl" in

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* 1740/1741: Ceiling fresco in the library of Seitenstetten Abbey * 1742: Works in the Elisabethinen monastery church in

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* 1744: works in the Jesuit church of Győr (Hungary) Independent work * 1739: Dome fresco of the castle and parish church in Rosenau * 1742/43: Frescoes with allegorical representations in the library vestibule and above the bookcases from Altenburg Abbey * 1744/45: Ceiling frescoes, high altar and other side altar paintings in the church of the Fürstenzell monastery * 1746: Ceiling paintings in the sacristy, abbot chapel and sacrament chapel of Aldersbach monastery * 1747: Ceiling paintings in the refectory (destroyed) and in the sacristy of

* 1748–52: Dome fresco of the monastery church of Ettal Abbey * 1752: Dome fresco of the Anastasia Chapel in Benediktbeuern Monastery * 1752/53: Ceiling frescoes in the Curate Church of

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* 1754/55: Ceiling frescoes in the choir and chapter room of the Ettal Benedictine abbey * 1755: Ceiling fresco of the Gertrudiskapelle in Dickelschwaig near Ettal * 1755: Ceiling frescoes in the parish church of

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in Iffeldorf * c. 1755: Choir frescoes in the parish church of

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* 1756: Altarpieces of the Antonius Altarpiece in the parish church of Oberammergau * 1756–64: Dome and ceiling frescoes and altarpieces of the Basilica of St. Alexander and Theodor von Kloster Ottobeuren (partly with his relative

Franz Anton Zeiller Franz Anton Zeiller (3 May 1716, Reutte - 4 March 1794, Reutte) was an Austrian painter, in the Rococo style. Biography He lost his parents at a very early age. The painter, Paul Zeiller, who already had ten children of his own, adopted him i ...

) * 1759: Ceiling frescoes and altarpiece in the Michael's Chapel in Immenstaad on Lake Constance * 1761: Ceiling and wall frescoes in the Psallier choir of the former Benedictine monastery church Fischingen / Switzerland * 1761: Altarpiece of the sacrament altar (left next to the pulpit) in the monastery church of the Assumption in Ettal * 1764: High altar picture of the church of Hinterhornbach * 1765: Choir frescoes in the parish church of Eschenloheorg * 1766: Ceiling frescoes in the stairwell, garden pavilion of the Cistercian Abbey of Fürstenzell * 1767/68: Ceiling frescoes of the former canon monastery church of Suben * 1771: Ceiling fresco in the dining room of Asbach Abbey * c. 1772/74: Ceiling fresco in the former choir (today baptistery) of the church in Lechaschau * 1773: Choir fresco in the parish church of Erkheim * 1775/76: ceiling frescoes in the parish church of St. Nikolaus von Elbigenalp * 1776: High altar picture in Stockach Church * 1777: High altar picture in the parish church of Stanzach * 1777: Side altarpiece of the parish church of Holzgau (now in the parish church of Gossensass) * 1778: Ceiling frescoes in the nave of the parish church of

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* 1779/80: Ceiling frescoes of the Johanniskirche in Feldkirch (destroyed)

References

Sources

* Constantin von Wurzbach: Zeiler, Johann Jakob. In: Biographical Dictionary of the Empire, Austria. 59th band Publisher L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1890, pp. 279 et seq. * Hans Semper Zeiller, Jacob. In: General German Biography (ADB). 45th band Oxford University Press, Leipzig 1900, pp. 652–660. * Harriet Brinkmöller-Gandlau: Zeiller, Johann Jakob. In: Biographic-bibliographic church encyclopedia (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, , pp. 372–374. * Bauer Franz & Planckensteiner I : catalogue Franz Anton Zeiller, Reutte 1994 {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeiller, Johann Jakob 1708 births 1783 deaths 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters Catholic painters Rococo painters