Bartolomeo Altomonte
Bartolomeo or Bartholomäus Altomonte (also Hohenberg) (born February 24, 1694 in Warsaw , † November 11, 1783 in Sankt Florian ) was an Austrian painter and representative of Baroque fresco painting .
Life
Bartolomeo was born in 1694 as the third of six children in a suburb of what is now Warsaw. His father, Martino Altomonte , had previously been appointed to the court of the Polish King Jan Sobieski .
Bartolomeo Altomonte spent most of his life in Linz and worked primarily in Austrian monasteries (such as St. Florian Abbey and Admont Abbey ) or the Herzogenburg Abbey Church, for which a ceiling picture bozzetto was created that was part of the exhibition “Passavia Sacra - St. Stephanus in Art and adoration ”(Passau 1980). He partially implemented his father's designs, but also learned from Daniel Gran . Rococo tendencies remained alien to the artist throughout his life, so he is considered the last great exponent of the baroque allegory .
Works (selection)
- 1700 (?): Belvedere , Vienna, "Ecstasy of St. Francis", oil on canvas, 252 × 160 cm
- 1710: Salzburg residence , conference room, "Alexander in the Battle of Granicus"
- 1710: Salzburg Residence , Antecamera, "Alexander tears up the Gordian knot"
- 1710: Salzburg residence , cabinet, "Alexander receives homage from wild chiefs in his tent"
- 1734: Parish church chambers , oil painting St. Benedict
- 1737: Salzburg Residence , "The Four Seasons", oil on canvas, 74.5 × 94.5 cm
- 1740 (?): Belvedere , Vienna, "Transfiguration of the Sufferings of Christ", oil on canvas, 126 × 85 cm
- 1741: Wilhering collegiate church , ceiling fresco "Wilheringer Heiligenhimmel"
- 1744: Seitenstetten Abbey , ceiling fresco of the abbey stairs
- 1746: Parish Church of St. Josef, Kollerschlag , "Death of St. Joseph", oil on canvas
- 1746: Parish church Bad Zell , high altar painting " Baptism of Christ " and dome fresco
- 1750: Herzogenburg Collegiate Church , completion of the ceiling frescoes begun by Daniel Gran (choir room)
- 1752 (?): Parish church Bad Pirawarth , high altar picture St. Barbara and side altar paintings St. Agatha and Fourteen Holy Helpers
- 1753 (?): Parish church St. Georgen im Attergau , high altar picture 1753 "St. George slaying the dragon"
- 1753 (?): Parish church Unterach am Attersee , altarpiece hl. Bartholomew (attributed to B. Altomonte)
- 1754: Offenhausen parish church , high altar painting "Stoning of Saint Stephen "
- 1766: Neukirchen am Walde parish church , high altar painting " Baptism of Christ "
- 1776: Admont Abbey , ceiling frescos in the Admont Abbey Library
Ceiling fresco of the Wilhering collegiate church (1741)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Lehr: Landeschronik Oberösterreich , Vienna: Verlag Christian Brandstätter 2004 p. 171 Article: “Entdeckungen um Bartolomeo Altomonte” by Rudolf Lehr.
literature
- Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf: Altomonte, Bartholomäus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 228 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Weiß: Altomonte . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 372. (family article)
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Altomonte, Bartholomäus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 20 ( digitized version ).
- Brigitte Heinzl : Bartolomeo Altomonte. Vienna [u. a.]: Herold 1964
- Hannes Etzlstorfer : Martino and Bartolomeo Altomonte. Oil sketches and small paintings from Austrian collections. Salzburg Baroque Museum 2002
Web links
- Biographical data and works on Bartolomeo Altomonte in: Digitales Belvedere
- Literature by and about Bartolomeo Altomonte in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Bartolomeo Altomonte in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Admont Abbey
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Altomonte, Bartolomeo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altomonte, Bartholomäus; Hohenberg, Bartolomeo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1694 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1783 |
Place of death | Sankt Florian (Linz-Land) |