Background
Josip Egartner was born as Josip Pessentheiner on 27 March 1809 in Gmünd, Carinthia.
Josip Egartner was born as Josip Pessentheiner on 27 March 1809 in Gmünd, Carinthia.
He was adopted by the painter Leopold Layer (1752–1828), who was married to Marija Egartner, a relative of Josip Egartner. The couple did not have children of their own, and Layer taught Egartner to paint. Egartner"s works are primarily of local significance.
In 1834 and 1835 he painted the frescos in the leftmost of the three churches at Rosalnice.
Egartner married Marija Pajer on 7 November 1832. Egartner died in Kranj on 2 May 1849.
