Nigg, Josef#
b. Vienna, Oct. 13, 1782, d. Vienna, Sept. 19, 1863, flower and porcelain painter. Studied at the Vienna Academy under J. B. Drechsler, between 1800 and 1843 flower painter with the porcelain makers Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten in Vienna, 1816 was promoted to chief painter and charged with the artistic supervision of all flower painters; painted several oil paintings with flower and fruit still lifes.
Literature#
W. Mrazek, J. N. Ein Wr. Blumenmaler, in: Alte und moderne Kunst, 1st annual vol., no. 2, 1956; OeBL.