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Holzer, Johann Evangelist
(b Burgeis (now Burgusio, Italy), South Tyrol, 24 Dec 1709; d Clemenswerth, Westphalia, 21 July 1740). German painter. His artistic talents first became apparent while he was at the monastery school of Marienberg (now Monte Maria Abbey), where he made many drawings from copper engravings after the work of Sir Peter Paul Rubens. At this time he produced an oil portrait of Johann Baptist Murr, Abbot of Marienberg (destr.). In autumn 1724 Murr secured for Holzer a place as apprentice with the painter Nicolaus Auer (1690–1753), in Sankt Martin, near Passau. After four years, Holzer went to Lower Bavaria to become an apprentice to Joseph Anton Merz (1681–1750). To complete his education, Holzer next moved to Augsburg. Under the guidance of Johann Georg Bergmüller, head of the Akademie in Augsburg, Holzer produced altarpieces and devotional pictures, and he took part in commissions for façade frescoes. After a return visit to the South Tyrol, where he applied unsuccessfully for a place in the monastery of Marienberg, Holzer returned to Augsburg in August 1732.
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