Paul Troger (1698 - 1762)

Troger trained with Giuseppe Alberti (1640–1716) in Cavalese and Giambattista Piazzetta (1682–1754) in Venice. He studied in Rome, in Naples with Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) and in Bologna, and worked for the Gurk Prince-Bishop Jakob I Maximilian Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (1681–1741). His major works include the high-altar painting and the dome fresco (1727/28) in the Church of St. Cajetan in Salzburg. Viennese painting was dominated by Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654–1730) and Daniel Gran (1694–1757). Troger decorated Lower Austrian monasteries and accepted commissions for Hungary, Italy, and the modern Czech and Slovak Republics. His last major work was the expressive ceiling frescos in Brixen Cathedral (1748/50), and some easel paintings also date from this period. Joseph Ignaz Mildorfer (1719–1775), Antonio Lorenzoni (1721–1782) and Martin Knoller (1725–1804) were among his pupils. From 1754 until 1757 Troger was rector of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.

Author: Ducke Astrid

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 112