Christian Jorhan the Elder

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Christian Jorhan the Elder (born October 6, 1727 in Griesbach (Lower Bavaria) , † October 8, 1804 in Landshut ) was a Bavarian sculptor of the Rococo and early Classicism periods .

Life

Christian Jorhan the Elder was a son of the Griesbach-based sculptor Wenzeslaus Jorhan . After initial training in his father's workshop, he studied with the famous sculptors Johann Baptist Straub in Munich , Johann Josef Christian in Riedlingen , Joseph Anton Pfaffinger in Salzburg and Ignaz Verhelst and Leonhard Riedlinger in the academy city of Augsburg . After completing his journeyman journey, he married the painter's daughter Theresia Pauer on October 6, 1755 and just one year later bought a town house in Unteren Freyung (today No. 603) in Landshut , where he set up a master workshop. The focus of his work is here and in the wider area. His sculptural talent lived on in his sons. His son of the same name, Christian Jorhan the Younger (1758–1844) proved to be the strongest .

Works

The Holy Notburga , Landshut around 1775/80, Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
The St.Roche , Landshut to 1760/70, Nuremberg, German National Museum

literature

  • Fritz Markmiller: Great Lower Bavaria - Twelve Life Pictures . Landshut 1972, p.
  • Gerhard P. Woeckel:  Jorhan, Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 606 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Erika Bosl: Jorhan (Johrhan, Jordan, wrongly also G (J) orhauer), Christian d. Ä. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 397 ( digitized version ).
  • Herbert Schindler: Bavaria Antiqua . Munich 1985, p.
  • Otto Schmidt, Wolf-Christian von der Mülbe: Christian Jorhan d. Ä. 1727-1804. An introduction . Riemerling 1986.
  • Steanie Leibetseder: Jorhan, Christian d. Ä. . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 78, de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023183-0 , pp. 327-330.

Individual evidence

  1. Stefanie Leibetseder: Art. Jorhan, Christian d. Ä .; Christian d. J .; Franz Xaver; Thomas Johann Nepomuk; Wenzeslaus, in: GENERAL ARTIST'S Lexicon. THE FINE ARTISTS OF ALL TIMES AND PEOPLES (AKL), Vol. 78, Jeray – Jur'ev, Munich 2013, pp. 327–330. Ed .: Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff.

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