In the history of art, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach as sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723).
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was born at Graz in 1656. His recorded nationality is Habsburg monarchy.
Patronage, the guild system and a new open art market shaped what could be painted and for whom.
He worked as architect, sculptor and urban planner.
His recorded movement is baroque.
Among his best-known works are Schönbrunn Palace, Schloss Hetzendorf and Winter Palace of Prince Eugene. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Habsburg monarchy shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach died in 1723, aged 67. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Schönbrunn Palace
- Notable work: Schloss Hetzendorf
- Notable work: Winter Palace of Prince Eugene
- Notable work: Hofbibliothek
- Movement: Baroque
