Andreas Mayr (painter)

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St. Wendelin in the church of Burk
Choir fresco in the parish church of Unterthingaus
High altar sheet in the parish church of Unterthingau
Signature on the high altar sheet in Unterthingau
Andreas Mayr: Adoration of the Shepherds. Pencil drawing, 1876

Andreas Mayr (born November 30, 1820 in Unterthingau ; † November 12, 1893 ibid) was a German church and history painter in the art style of the Nazarenes .

Life

Mayr's great teacher was Johann Baptist Schraudolph . With him he received his training at the Munich Royal Art Academy . From 1846 to 1853 Andreas Mayr was also Schraudolph's employee on the cardboard boxes for the painting of the Imperial Cathedral in Speyer . Then he worked in the Royal Court Art Institute for glass painting in Munich. He provided six templates for glass paintings for St. Paul's Church in Cambridge . After he had gained great fame everywhere abroad and had undertaken a long journey to Italy, he was drawn back to his father's house. From 1862 Andreas Mayr, who was characterized by deep religiousness, lived again in his hometown Unterthingau (studio in the middle room on the upper floor of house no. 87½, now Kemptener Straße 12). From here he carried out a large number of orders, mainly for churches in the Ostallgäu . That he was also a sought-after portrait painter became clear at an exhibition on the occasion of Johann Georg Schilling's 150th birthday in 1929. At that time, no less than 58 portrait pictures painted by him could be shown in the Unterthingau “Hirsch” inn (including two self-portraits), as well as religious representations, drafts and sketches, but only very few pictures with “secular” content. The Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren owns several pictures by Andreas Mayr. There are also two portraits of his mother Creszentia Mayr on display, one of them dated 1838, i.e. painted by the 18-year-old - Mayer was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art .

Andreas Mayr's brother Ulrich, a trained goldsmith and sculptor, a disciple of Schwanthaler, married the daughter Anna of the aforementioned Unterthingau history painter Johann Georg Schilling (1779–1839).

List of works

(almost all of the works mentioned are signed and dated)

  • 1856: St. Georg chapel in Buchenberg , altar sheet
  • 1858: Parish church of St. Nikolaus in Unterthingau , high altar sheet
  • 1859: Order for a fresco in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. However, the picture did not come to fruition.
  • 1860?: Parish church of St. Nikolaus in Unterthingau , two round pictures
  • 1862: St. Georg branch church in Bodelsberg , altarpiece
  • 1865: Parish Church of St. Blasius in Vorderburg , high altar sheet (meanwhile replaced by the previous Baroque picture) and extract picture
  • 1867: St. Georg parish church in Unterbechingen , three altar leaves
  • 1867: Parish Church of St. Nikolaus in Unterthingau , two side altar leaves
  • 1868: St. Sebastian branch church in Burk , three altar leaves
  • 1870/1880: St. Nikolaus parish church in Unterthingau , painting of the choir vault
  • 1871/1872: St. Michael parish church in Bertoldshofen , three altar leaves
  • 1881: St. Nikolaus parish church in Unterthingau , two Passion pictures
  • 1884: Filial church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Hochgreuth , two side altar paintings
  • 1885: St. Antonius Chapel in Westerried near Unterthingau , altarpiece
  • 1886: St. Joseph in Schweinlang near Kraftisried , former choir altar sheet

Without dating:

  • Parish church of St. Nikolaus in Unterthingau , 14 stations of the cross
  • Maria Trost near Unterthingau, side altar sheet
  • His most important Madonna and Child is said to be or have been in the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich.

literature

  • Guide through the painting exhibition on the occasion of the 150th birthday of Johann Georg Schilling , Unterthingau 1929 (author not named)
  • 500 years of Markt Unterthingau , Kempten 1985, ISBN 3 88006 109 2
  • Churches and chapels in Unterthingau and Kraftisried , PEDA art guide No. 615/2005, ISBN 3-89643-615-5

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 110.
personal data
SURNAME Mayr, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church and history painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterthingau
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1893
Place of death Unterthingau