Balthasar Prandtstätter

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Balthasar Prand (t) Stätter (* 1690; † 1756 ) was an Austrian sculptor of Baroque from the Styrian city Judenburg , who established a sculpture and Schnitzwerkstätte.

Life

Prandtstätter became a citizen of the city of Judenburg on January 1, 1717. He founded a flourishing sculpture and carving workshop in Judenburg. After his death, his colleague Johann Nisch (e) lwitzer (1722–1776 / 78) married the master's widow and continued the workshop. From 1717 to 1778 numerous churches and chapels in Upper Styria , but also in Carinthia , were equipped with altars and statues from this workshop. The larger-than-life figures of the apostles in the parish church of Judenburg (around 1750) are considered the highlight of their joint creative period. Johann Nischlwitzer's successor, Georg Panzer († 1825), became a master carpenter due to a lack of artistic commissions.

Prandtstätter was a member of the city council and died between April and October of 1756.

Works

literature

  • Kurt Woisetschläger : The Judenburg carving workshop of the 18th century and its masters Balthasar Prandtstätter and Johann Nischlwitzer . Dissertation University of Graz 1952.

Web links

Commons : Balthasar Prandtstätter  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rochus Kohlbach: Styrian sculptors from the Roman stone to the Rococo ; Grazer Domverlag, 1956 ( page 335 )
  2. ↑ Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch Graz Volume 8, 1973, p. 134 .
  3. ↑ Stadtgemeinde Judenburg: Die Geschichte Judenburgs ; accessed on March 24, 2017
  4. ^ Austrian city atlas: Judenburg ; 7th delivery, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Prandtstätter, Balthasar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prandstätter, Balthasar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1690
DATE OF DEATH 1756