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| Johann Baptist Baader (1717–1780) | ||||||||||
| Born at Lechmühlen, Baader was a Rococo church painter. Details of his early years as an apprentice are unknown, but at the age of eighteen, he joined the Augsburg painting school. He studied painting and frescoes under Johann Georg Bergmüller, the Catholic director of the Augsburg Art Academy. Under him, he was involved in the creation of large frescoes at Dießen in 1736, and at Steingaden and Ochsenhausen in 1743. His earliest independent works are an altarpiece at the Leeder parish church, completed in 1749, and a fresco of the Supper of St Oswald at the parish church of Osterzell near Kaufbeuren. To further his studies, he travelled to Italy and remained there for five years, between 1752 and 1758. There he became acquainted with Roman-Neapolitan ceiling painting, which was to have a significant influence on him; his subsequent works reveal the stylistic tendencies and painting techniques he acquired in Italy. After his return to Germany, he worked as an independent, guild-free artist, and began to receive numerous commissions from parishes and monasteries across Bavaria. His works include ceiling frescoes, altarpieces, Stations of the Cross, panel paintings, and decorative paintings. Although Baader was a Rococo artist, his works display Bergmüller's influence through their classical Baroque style of composition. He became a prolific and renowned painter, working extensively for Provost Franz Töpsl, his main client, who commissioned him to complete frescoes at the collegiate church and library in Polling. Baader developed a distinctive style, incorporating folk motifs into votive paintings, and became a master of the transitional style between Rococo and Classicism. He died at Schlehdorf. | ||||||||||
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