Reichlich, Marx#
Reichlich, Marx, b. near Brixen/Bressanone (South Tyrol; ?), around 1460, d. 1520, painter of the late Gothic and Renaissance periods, worked in the Tyrol and around 1494-1508 in Salzburg, probably studied under F. Pacher, assisted M. Pacher in his work on the altar of the Franciscan Church in Salzburg; strongly influenced by M. Pacher, but developed his own style in the use of colour, later also adopted Venetian and Lombardic elements, worked chiefly for Tyrolean clients, 1508 restored the frescoes at Schloss Runkelstein (South Tyrol) by order of Maximilian I; started the high altar in Heiligenblut, which was finished by W. Maller.
Further works#
"Wiltener Epiphanie" (1489, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum); St. Peter's altar in Salzburg (around 1500, parts of it now in the Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere and parts in private ownership); 2 predella wings with scenes from the worship of the shepherds, the worship of the Wise Men, the Visitation and St. Anne with Mary and the child Jesus (after 1500, Stift Wilten); votive altar of Florian Waldauf (around 1501-1505, Stadtmuseum Hall in Tirol); altar of St. Jacob and St. Stephen (1506, Alte Pinakothek in Munich and Neustift monastery near Brixen); fragments of a Madonna altar from Neustift monastery near Brixen (1511, Alte Pinakothek in Munich).Literature#
E. Knab, M. R., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1949; L. Madersbacher, M. R. und der Meister des Angererbildnisses, doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1994.