Thomas von Villach

Thomas von Villach (1435/1440–1523/1529), born Thomas Artula at Thörl near Arnoldstein, was the leading late-Gothic painter in Carinthia. Probably trained by Friedrich von Villach, he worked in Villach from about 1455, painting frescoes and altarpieces that blended Italian and later Netherlandish influences.

Among his attributed works is the Landplagenbild of 1485 on Graz Cathedral, commemorating the plague, locusts and Ottoman siege of 1480. From 1520 he served as a city judge in Villach and died there between 1523 and 1529.