Maulbertsch

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Maulbertsch (or Maulpertsch, Franz Anton) (1724–96). The outstanding Austrian decorative painter of the 18th century. He was based in Vienna for most of his career, but he was active (and extremely productive) over a wide area of central Europe; most of his works (altarpieces as well as frescos) are still in the churches and secular buildings in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia for which they were painted. Maulbertsch's vivacious, colourful, and emotional style was almost completely resistant to Neoclassical influences, representing the last glorious flowering of the Baroque and Rococo tradition. His painterly dash is even more apparent in his oil sketches, which are well represented in the Barockmuseum, Vienna, and he was also an outstanding etcher.

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