Molitor, Martin von#
b. Vienna, Feb. 21, 1759, d. Vienna, April 16, 1812, landscape painter. Student of J. C. Brand at the Vienna Academy, promoted by Prince W. A. Kaunitz. 1795 rejected a professorship at the Academy, 1802 travelled with J. Gauermann through Tyrol and on the journey created illustrations for the collection of panoramas "Prospecte aus dem Tyrol".
Literature#
C. Reinwetter, Studien zu M. v. M. 1759-1812, mit bes. Beruecksichtigung der Kunstkritik seiner Zeit, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1981.