Anton Kirchebner (painter)

Self-portrait

Anton Kirchebner (born June 1, 1702 in Axams , † August 17, 1779 in Inzing ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Anton Kirchebner was born in Axams in 1702 as the son of Jakob Kirchebner from Grinzens and his wife Margareta Span from Sellrain . He received his first training from Johann Geyer in Innsbruck , after which he probably learned from the giners  in Thaur , perhaps also from Anton Zoller  or Josef Adam Mölk .

In 1721 Kirchebner created his first well-known panel painting, Lamentation of Christ , for the Red Chapel in Sellrain. From around 1730 he created his own frescoes for numerous churches in North Tyrol. It is part of the end of Rococo painting in Tyrol, in the late works from the mid-1760s influences of classicism become  visible. Technically a good painter, his creative achievement is not valued too highly.

In 1732 Kirchebner married Maria Rangger in Götzens , and after her death in 1761 Ursula Tanzer. Two of the six sons, Franz Xaver (* 1736) and Josef Anton (* 1757), also worked as painters.

Anton Kirchebner died in 1779 while painting the parish church in Inzing after falling from the scaffolding.

Works

Glory of St. Bartholomäus , ceiling fresco in the parish church of Hart in the Zillertal

• Ceiling frescoes, parish church Hart im Zillertal , 1735
• Frescoes, Strass im Zillertal parish church , 1736/37
• Ceiling paintings, parish church St. Michael, Gnadenwald , around 1740
• High altar painting, parish church Hart in the Zillertal, 1748
• Ceiling paintings, Trins parish church , 1755
• Ceiling painting, chaplain church St. Rochus, Polling in Tirol , 1756
• Vault frescos, Ischgl parish church , 1756
• Vault frescos, Pettneu parish church , 1759
• Ceiling paintings, branch church St. Katharina, Unterperfuss , 1761
• Side altar paintings , Götzens parish church , around 1775
• Ceiling paintings, parish church Inzing , 1779 (completed by Franz Xaver and Josef Anton Kirchebner)

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kirchebner, Anton (painter family) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 307 ( digitized version ).
• Heinrich Hammer: The development of the baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol. Studies on German Art History, Issue 159, JH Ed. Heitz, Strasbourg 1912, p. 330 ( digitized version )
• The Kirchebner family of painters from Götzner. Inzing village newspaper No. 52, 1999, pp. 28–29 ( PDF; 5.2 MB )

Web links

Commons : Anton Kirchebner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beinsteiner-Krall, Wiesauer: parish church hl. Bartholomew. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Beinsteiner-Krall, Wiesauer: parish church hl. James d. Ä. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
3. ^ I. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Parish Church hl. Michael. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
4. ^ Graf, Wiesauer: Kaplaneikirche hl. Rochus, Church of St. Rochus. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Gruber, Wiesauer: Parish Church hl. Nicholas. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Krivdic, Wiesauer: Parish Church Mariae Himmelfahrt. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 10, 2017 . 
7. ^ R. Dollinger, Wiesauer: Filialkirche hl. Catherine. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 7, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Parish and pilgrimage church hl. Peter. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved May 4, 2017 .