Bertle (artist family)
Bertle was a family of artists who provided a number of well-known painters and restorers in the 17th to 20th centuries. The family originally comes from Schruns in the Montafon, Austria .
Members
- Johannes Bertle (painter and farmer, 1756–1833)
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- Josef Anton Bertle (painter and altar builder, 1796–1858)
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- Franz Josef Bertle (painter, 1828–1883)
- Johann Jakob Bertle (painter, 1837–1901)
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- Hans Bertle (Acad. Painter, 1880–1943)
- Hannes Bertle (1910–1978)
Six painters from five generations of the Bertle family, who originally lived in St. Gallenkirch and later settled in Schruns, determined the artistic landscape of the Montafon for a century and a half and even that of the entire state of Vorarlberg for decades.
In 1649 David Bertle , a forerunner of the famous Montafon family of artists, created the popular “Sebastian Altar” in the Renaissance style of the Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Gargellen .
Josef Anton Bertle (1796–1858), the actual founder of the artist family, then moved from St. Gallenkirch to Schruns. He was very much committed to the late baroque forms and the consideration of sacred themes is a focus in his work.
His sons Franz (1828–1883) and Jakob (1837–1911) were students of Melchior Paul von Deschwanden and, as painters of the Nazarene style , gained importance beyond the borders of Vorarlberg.
Hans (1880–1943), Jakob's son , who was born in Schruns , became the most famous representative of the artist family. Due to the favorable environment for artists, he settled in Munich for some time. His portraits, which helped him to get prominent commissions at the Bavarian royal court, were particularly famous. However, a special relationship with his homeland made him return to Schruns again and again. The ceiling pictures in the local parish church, many landscape and historical pictures as well as poster designs bear witness to his extensive work for the Montafon.
Son Hannes (1910–1978) continued the artistic tradition of his father - he was more connected to modern art movements.
Works
Today many works by the Bertle family can be found mainly in the sacred area.
- Parish Church of St. Jodok , Schruns
- Church of the Birth of Mary, Stallehr
- Kuratienkirche hl. Maria Magdalena , Gargellen, David Bertle
- Parish church hl. Anna, Hirschegg
- Parish church hll. Nikolaus and Theodul , Raggal, Franz Bertle
- Parish church hl. Michael , Sibratsgfall
- Parish church hll. Oswald and Dominikus, Sunday
- Parish church hll. Peter and Paul, Andelsbuch
- Capuchin monastery Bezau , Bezau, Franz Bertle
- Capuchin monastery Gauenstein , Schruns
- Pilgrimage Church of Maria Bildstein, Bildstein
- Mary Conception Church Innerberg , Bartholomäberg
- Litzkapelle , Schruns
- Monument to Johann Josef Batlogg in Schruns, Jakob Bertle
- St. Wendelin Chapel, Unterschönenbuch near Ingenbohl
literature
- Josef Zurkirchen : Montafon Homeland Book (1974)
- Dehio-Handbuch Vorarlberg (1983), ISBN 3-7031-0585-2
- Andreas Rudigier , Philipp Schönborn, Peter Strasser: Bertle - an artist family from the Montafon (Ed .: Heimatschutzverein im Tale Montafon, Schruns). Münzer, Feldkirch 1992, ISBN 3-85176-010-7
- DT: Bertle . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 10, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22750-7 , pp. 101-103.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online presence of the state of Vorarlberg ( 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. Vorarlberg Chronicle: Hans Bertle 1880–1943
