Gottfried Bernhard Göz

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, also Goez, Goetz or Götz (baptized 10 August 1708, Welehrad - 23 November 1774, Augsburg), was a German Rococo painter and engraver.

After completing his course, he obtained a painting apprenticeship with Franz Gregor Ignaz Eckstein,[1] who was restoring the monastery church.

That city was a center for printing and publishing, as well as business and finance, so it is most likely that he learned engraving there to gain employment.

[2] From 1739, he also painted frescoes, including the chapel of the New Palace in Meersburg, the Dominican convent in Ostrach (Habsthal) and the Provost deanery in Konstanz.

A series of large oil paintings for the library hall at Admont Abbey were nearly destroyed, but several sculptures by Josef Stammel from drawings by Göz have been preserved.