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Paul Troger

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Paul Troger was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of the late Baroque period. His illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their palette of light colours.

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Classification
Gender
Male 1
Active From Year
1722 1
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Practices

Fresco, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Paul Troger
Painting, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Paul Troger
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Nationality

Austria

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Originated In

Tyrol

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1. Wikipedia: Paul Troger
  • Lead section, third sentence
    Although he did many easel altar paintings and drawings, Paul Troger became famous for his frescoes and much in demand throughout the Austrian lands.
  • Lead
    He painted his first fresco “Three Angels with the Cross and Putti”, in the Kalvarienkirche, Kaltern (1722).
  • Practices: Painting, Lead section, first sentence
    Paul Troger (30 October 1698 - 20 July 1762) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of the late Baroque period.
  • Practices: Fresco, Lead section, second sentence
    Troger's illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their palette of light colors.
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Wikidata: Paul Troger
Wikidata Q687059, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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