!!!Bergl, Johann Baptist Wenzel

b. Dvur Králove, Czech Republic (then Koeniginhof), Sept. 23, 1718, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 15, 1789; painter. Studied under P.  Troger, close 
friend of F. A.  Maulbertsch. Famous for his original fresco painting 
of ground-level garden apartments, which created an organic cohesion 
between garden and room. The depiction of idyllic landscapes featuring 
exotic plants and romantic elements made his fresco painting a new 
variation of baroque trompe l'oeil painting. Along with Court 
commissions such as the B.-room in  Schoenbrunn Palace (around 1770) 
he was also engaged by the Church. His decorative paintings in the 
former monastery church in  Kleinmariazell are considered his main 
work (1764/1765).

!Further works
Baden (Dreieichen); Melk (garden pavilion, 1763); 
Schoenbuehel (Peregrini Chapel); Seitenstetten; Wiener Neustadt 
(Neukloster).

!Literature
P. Otto, J. B., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1964.



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