Johannes (Johann) Zick (1702 – 1762)

• Was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany.
• He was the father of painter Januarius Zick.
• From 1721 to 1724, he was apprenticed to the Konstanz court painter Jacob Carl Stauder.
• They both painted the frescoes on the ceiling of the church Mariahilf in Munich.

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

• Zick worked extensively in Upper Swabia between 1744 and 1749. 

• Due to his employment in Upper Swabia, his family followed him there in 1746. 

• Around 1750, he moved to Würzburg where he painted the frescoes in the so-called garden room at the Würzburg Residence, the dwelling place of the Prince Bishop of Würzburg.

• For nine years, between 1751 and 1759, he furnished the residence of the Prince Bishops of Speyer in Bruchsal with paintings.

• Johannes Zick died in Würzburg in 1762. 

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