BEER, Johann Michael


BEER, Johann Michael

Artist

(b. 1700, Bezau, d. 1767, Bezau)

Details

Austrian architect, part of a family of architects active mostly in south Germany and Switzerland. He was the son of Franz Beer. Johan Michael was responsible for the handsome twin-towered façade (and probably the choir) of the former Benedictine Abbey Church (now Cathedral) at St Gallen in Switzerland (1760s), together with his nephew Johann Ferdinand Beer (1731-1789). //


Category Artists
Artists by letter B
Artist nationality Austrian