Johannes Zick

He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of the Late Baroque.

Johannes Zick was born in 1702 in Lachen, part of the territory of the Prince-Abbot of Kempten in the Unterallgäu in modern-day Bavaria, where he started his career as a blacksmith in his father's workshop.

Zick moved with his family to Munich in 1728 where he was appointed court painter to Prince Bishop Duke Johann Theodor of Bavaria.

Johannes Zick's further development as a painter of frescoes was stimulated by the Asam brothers, who were active in Munich at the time.

Due to his employment in Upper Swabia, his family followed him there in 1746, living either in Schussenried or in Biberach an der Riß.

Self-Portrait, part of the ceiling fresco in St. Martin's Church in Biberach an der Riß, by Johannes Zick (1748)
Ceiling in St Martin's Church, Biberach an der Riß
Fresco by in the Church of St. Magnus in Bad Schussenried .