Schöpf, Josef

Schöpf, Josef, b. Telfs (Tyrol), Feb. 2, 1745, d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Sept. 15, 1822. Painter of the late baroque era. Pupil and assistant of M. Knoller and A. R. Mengs, 1775-1783 in Rome, then in Innsbruck. He combined the baroque tradition with classicist forms.

Works: wall and ceiling paintings and altar pieces: Innsbruck, cathedral, 1789, and Johann Nepomuk Church, 1794; Brixen im Thale, 1795; Volders, 1798; Stams (collegiate church and parish church), 1800/01; St. Johann in Ahrn (Antonius Chapel), 1803; Schwaz, 1807; Wattens, 1810.