!!!Friedrich von Villach

Friedrich von Villach; documentary evidence shows he lived in Villach 
(Carinthia) between 1415 and 1452, painter, father of the painter  
Johannes von Villach. Probably apprenticed in Brixen/Bressanone (South 
Tyrol), and became one of the leading fresco painters of the late 
"Soft Style" in Carinthia. Painted endearingly traditional frescoes 
and also a Passion cycle for the collegiate church at Millstatt 
(Carinthia, 1428). Works at Mariapfarr in Lungau (Salzburg, around 
1430) and St. Leonhard near Tamsweg (Salzburg) are also attributed to 
him.

!Literature
W. Frodl, Die gotische Wandmalerei in Kae., 1944.


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