Kölderer, Jörg#
b. Weiler Hof near Inzing (Tyrol), around 1465/1470, d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), July 1540, court painter and architect to Emperor Maximilian I. His style is inspired by the Danube School of painters (Donauschule). Became court painter in 1494, from 1518 "master builder" of Tyrol.
Works#
Innsbruck: Frescoes at the Wappenturm (1499, destroyed around 1750), at the "Goldenen Dachl" (1497-1500) and in the Damenstift. - Graphic art: Preparatory designs for the triumphal procession and the gate of honour, designs for the wood carvings of the patron saints of the imperial family and their in-laws (models for the bronze figures at the tomb of Maximilian). - Illustrations: Tiroler Jagdbuch, 1500; Tiroler Fischereibuch, 1504; Zeugbuecher, around 1507 und around 1512.Literature#
J. K., exhibition catalogue., Inzing 1992; G. Ottner, J. K. - Der Hofkuenstler der Gedaechtniswerke Ks. Maximilians I., master's thesis, Salzburg, 1992; A. Scheichl, J. K. - Innsbrucker Hofmaler und Baumeister in Ti. zur Zeit Maximilians I. und Ferdinands I., master's thesis, Vienna 1993.