Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Paul Troger

Paul Troger  (1698-1762) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker of the late Baroque period.Troger’s style, particularly in his frescoes, dominated Austrian painting until the end of the 18th century and profoundly influenced significant artists of the next generation.His illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their palette of light colors.

Originally from the Puster Valley in Tyrol,  Troger studied in Italy for ten years and moved from Salzburg to Vienna in 1729.Troger became the favourite fresco painter in Lower Austrian monasteries in collaboration with the architect Josef Munggenast.In 1753, he joined the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and became its director  in 1754.His most important contribution to Austrian painting was to reject the strong dark palette, typical of the beginning of the 18th century, in favor of an increasingly lighter palette, typical of the new Rococo taste.More of Paul Troger’s magnificent art can be found at https://www.paultroger.it and https://artvee.com/artist/paul-troger/.