The artist Johann Georg Platzer was born in 1704 to the artist Johann Viktor Platzer. He studied painting with his uncle Christopher Platzer and stepfather Joseph Anton Kessler. In 1721, the artist moved to Vienna and seven years later entered the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.

The son of the artist Johann Viktor Platzer, he studied in Passau with his stepfather Joseph Anton Kessler and his uncle Christoph Platzer. From 1721 he lived in Vienna. In 1728 he entered the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Under the influence of Ottmar Elliger and small Dutch paintings, as well as late mannerist paintings from the collection of Rudolf II, he created a type of Viennese gallant painting, which his friend Janneck would continue. Albert von Sebisch from Breslau, who was in Vienna between 1728 and 1730, supported Platzer by collecting his small copper paintings, 13 of which are now in the Wroclaw Museum. Platzer’s favorite subjects were gallant or mythological festivals (“Bacchus and Ariadne”, “Battle of the Centaurs with the Lapiths”, Paris, Louvre).

While studying at the academy, Johann Georg Platzer became interested in Dutch painting and the late Mannerist paintings from the collection of Rudolf II. These two “hobbies” allowed Johann Georg Platzer to create his own type of gallant Viennese painting, which was subsequently continued by a number of Austrian artists.

The artist painted mythological scenes and gallant festivals, with an abundance of characters, sparkling colors and an abundance of carefully painted miniature details. Platzer also painted several paintings on religious themes.

The artist died in 1761.