Augustin Egell

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Augustin Egell (* 1731 in Mannheim ; † September 22, 1786 in Munich ) was a painter, architect and sculptor in Mannheim.

He was educated in the school of his father, Paul Egell († 1752), and succeeded him in the dignity of court sculptor. Under Karl Theodor he built the Rheintor in Mannheim. After his father's death, he completed the Chinese tea house in Oggersheim . He made the carvings for the high altar of the Jesuit Church in Mannheim and for the wood paneling in the Mannheim Palace . Before 1756, the later sculptor Johann Peter Alexander Wagner worked on his study trip in Egel's workshop. The Wormser Tor , built between 1770 and 1772 , formerly on the northern edge of the city, is attributed to him.

He also taught art to his son Heinrich Egell, who was born in Mannheim in 1759. He then studied at the Academy in Munich, where he received the title of court painter in 1787.

In 1778 Augustin moved to Munich. There he erected the monument to Johann Martin Krafft in 1781 .

painting

  • Dutch village landscape with church , 1755
  • Farmer's cottage under trees
  • Penitent Cardinal , 1760

literature

  • Carl Speyer: On the history of the Egell family

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Füssli : Zurich and the most important cities on the Rhine . Volume 1, Zurich and Winterthur 1842, p. 579 ( online )
  2. ↑ Chinese tea house by JW Lanz ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schloss-mannheim.de
  3. ↑ Baroque art
  4. ↑ Wormser and Speyerer Tor  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.frankenthal.de  
  5. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon . Volume 4, Munich 1837, p. 84 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Egell, Augustin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and court sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1786
Place of death Munich