!!!Prunner, Johann Michael

b. Linz (Upper Austria), Sept. 4, 1669, 
d. Linz (Upper Austria), April 26, 1739, architect, main 
representative of the late Baroque in Upper Austria. Trained in Italy, 
was influenced by the works of J. L. von  Hildebrandt, M.  
Steinl and J.  Prandtauer, but with more animated forms, created 
churches, chapels and castles in Upper Austria.

!Works
Linz: facade of the Carmelite Church (1713/1714); Seminary 
Church, 1718-1725 (after plans by Hildebrandt). - Calvary Church, 
Schenkenfelden, 1712; Trinity Church, Stadl-Paura, 1714-1724; 
Monastery Church, Spital am Pyhrn, 1714-1736; Minorite Church, Lamberg 
palace, Steyr, 1727-1731; church tower, Freistadt, 1735/1736.

!Literature
B. Grimschitz, J. M. P., %%sup 2/%1960.



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