!!!Gran, Daniel

Gran, Daniel, b. Vienna, May 22, 1694, 
d. St. Poelten (Lower Austria), April 16, 1757, painter. 
Next to P.  Troger one of the most significant painters of Austrian 
baroque painting during the 1st half of the 18th century. Studied 
in Italy (under S. Ricci and F.  Solimena), worked for his patron, 
Prince Schwarzenberg, and the Imperial Court. Moved to 
St. Poelten in 1744/45. His works are influenced both by the 
abundance of colour of the Venetian painter Ricci, and the dark 
colours and the heavy, measured figures characteristic of the 
Neapolitan Solimena; tendency of representative severity and 
diagonally-rhombic forms of composition. His later works are marked by 
tight and simple forms of composition and colouring, paving the way 
for classicism in Austria (had a special influence on B.  Altomonte).

!Works
frescoes: Gartenpalais Schwarzenberg (large parts destroyed in 
1945), Prunksaal of the National Library (both in Vienna); Eckartsau 
castle, pilgrimage church Sonntagberg, cathedral in St. Poelten, 
Kaisersaal in the monastery of Klosterneuburg (all in Lower Austria); 
Neues Rathaus and Landhaussaal in Brno. - Altar paintings: churches in 
the monasteries of Herzogenburg and Lilienfeld, cathedral in 
St. Poelten (Lower Austria); Annakirche church (Vienna). - Self 
portrait in the monastery of Herzogenburg.

!Literature
E. Knab, D. G., 1977.



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