Abraham Conrad Buchau

Abraham Conrad Buchau (* 1623 in Dresden ; † 1701 ibid) was a German sculptor .

Life

Abraham Conrad Buchau was the son of the sculptor Conrad Buchau and also his collaborator. He received his training in family sculpture in Dresden.

From 1666 he worked independently in Dresden. In 1698 he fell ill with a foot condition and was unable to continue his artistic work. His grave was in the Frauenkirchhof .

Works (selection)

• 1657: Restoration of the font lid and font in the Kreuzkirche in Dresden
• 1658: Renewal of the pulpit in the Kreuzkirche in Dresden
• 1666: Sandstone substructure for a tin basin in Moritzburg Castle near Dresden
• 1666–67: Altar pulpit with sound cover and mercy seat for St. Michaelis Church in Mittweida
• Façade decoration on the Wilsdruffer Gasse 15 house , Dresden
• 1667: Pulpit in the Church of Our Dear Women in Mittweida made of Elbe sandstone
• 1676: Work on the palace in the Great Garden , Dresden
• 1677–79: for the Saxon court a. a. the sculptural jewelry designs on oval windows at Dresden Castle
• 1677–80: Sandstone work in the Prince Chapel at Albrechtsburg Castle in Meißen

literature

• Ernst Sigismund : Buchau, Abraham Conrad . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 174–175 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Walter Fellmann : Saxony. Culture and landscape between Vogtland and Upper Lusatia, the Leipzig lowlands and the Ore Mountains. DuMont, Cologne 1997.
• Berthold Haendcke : Studies on the history of Saxon sculpture of the late Renaissance and Baroque periods. Dresden 1903 ( digitized version ).
• Sigfried Asche : Three families of sculptors on the Elbe. Publisher RM Rohrer, Baden near Vienna 1961.
• Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden . ISBN 978-3865020000 .