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He was born in Wagstadt and attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna from 1742 until he graduated in 1753.
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Johann Cimbal
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He painted many works in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Vienna and Hungary. He decorated many churches and monasteries for the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God in Brno and Feldsberg, working alongside other painters Johann Jablonský and Ignaz Mayer the Elder. Both sons were painters: Jakob (born 7 January 1778 in Vienna, died 24 January 1834 in Vienna) was at the Vienna Academy in 1796 and he was recorded as an "academic painter" in 1823 in Leopoldstadt, and Johann (born 1754, died after 1808 in Vienna).
In his lifetime, Cimbal was in demand as a painter, and his clients were satisfied with his work.
His earlier work is looked on somewhat more kindly than his later work. Some details suggest that he was gifted, but that he worked in disharmony with his workhop and assistants.
Modern critics have called him a "typical provincial painter", at odds with his training as a painter from the Vienna Academy.
