Christof Angermair

Christof (Christoph) Angermair (* after 1580 in Weilheim ; † June 1633 in Munich ) was a German sculptor and ivory carver .

Life

The little-known today Christof Angermaier was one of the most important artists of the time of Maximilian I of Bavaria . He came from a family of goldsmiths in Weilheim , which at the end of the 16th century was an important artistic center in southern Germany. Based in Munich around 1600, Angermair soon found himself in the vicinity of important artists at the court, such as Friedrich Sustris , Hubert Gerhard and Hans Krumper . In 1618 he was a court turner , and in the following years he made important ivory carvings, such as the coin shrine for Maximilian I completed around 1625/28. A large number of other small sculptures and wood sculptures for churches in Munich and the surrounding area were created. At times Angermair was one of the richest citizens of the city. In 1632 he asked surprisingly to be released from court services and died the following year, perhaps as a victim of the plague.

literature

• Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf:  Angermair, Christof. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 293 ( digitized version ).
• Grünwald, Michael D .: Christoph Angermair. Studies on the life and work of the ivory carver and sculptor . Munich and Zurich: Schnell & Steiner, 1975. (= Münchner Kunsthistorische Abhandlungen, Vol. VII), ISBN 3795404568
• Langheiter, Alexander: Christoph (Christof) Angermair . In: Wurst, Jürgen and Langheiter, Alexander (Ed.): Monachia. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 2005, p. 112, ISBN 3-88645-156-9