Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser Schmidt (1718 - 1801)
In the environment of Dürnstein Abbey and the workshop of his father, sculptor Johannes Schmidt (1684–1761), Martin showed a talent for drawing. He trained with Johann Gottlieb Starmayr (?–1767), a pupil of Peter Strudel. The paintings in the pilgrimage church of Maria Plain (1765) testify to his first work in Salzburg. He established his reputation with paintings in churches and monasteries along the Danube, in Slovenia, Hungary and Moravia, and was made a member of the Vienna Academy in 1768.
Author: Ducke Astrid
Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 110
Virgin with Child, St Benedict, St Peter and St Paul (Sketch for the high altar of St. Peter’s, Salzburg), ca 1776
Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser Schmidt
Inv. no. 247
The marriage of Bacchus and Abundantia, 1771
Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser Schmidt
Inv. no. 230 b
Three Graces in front of a large herm, 1771
Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser Schmidt
Inv. no. 230 d
