Daniel Gran
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| Born | May 22, 1694 Vienna |
| Died | April 16, 1757 (aged 62) Sankt Pölten |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Sebastiano Ricci (Venice, Italy) and Francesco Solimena (Napels, Italy) |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Works | St Anna's Church's frescoes (Vienna), Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Prunksaal's frescoes |
Daniel Gran (1694–1757) was a painter born in Vienna in 1694 who died at Sankt Pölten in 1757. His pictures ornament several public buildings in his native city. He was of some consideration in his time, but his works are not known out of Austria and Germany today.[1]
[edit] Works
Frescoes
- Palais Schwarzenberg (Vienna)
- Prunksaal of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (formerly Hofbibliothek) (Vienna)
- Eckartsau castle
- Pilgrimage church Sonntagberg
- cathedral in Sankt Pölten
- Kaisersaal in Stift Klosterneuburg
- Neues Rathaus and Landhaussaal in Brno
Altar paintings
- Churches in the Stift Herzogenburg and Stift Lilienfeld
- Parish Church of Hirschstetten
- Cathedral in Sankt Pölten
- St Anna's church (Vienna)
Self portrait in the monastery of Herzogenburg.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bryan, Michael (1849). Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. London: George Bell and Sons. pp. 293. http://books.google.com/books?id=NfcDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPP11,M1.
[edit] References
- Knab, Eckhart (1977) (in German). Daniel Gran. Herold. pp. 308. ISBN 3700801319.
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