Christoph Exchange
Christoph Tausch (born December 25, 1673 in Innsbruck , † November 4, 1731 in Neisse , Principality of Neisse ) was an Austrian architect and painter .
Life
Tausch entered the Jesuit order in Vienna as a lay brother at the age of 22 . From 1702 he learned the art of painting, modeling and architectural drawing from the Jesuit Andrea Pozzo . From 1704 to 1708 he worked as Pozzo's assistant on the ceiling paintings of the Vienna Palais Liechtenstein in Roßau . After Pozzo's death in 1709, he completed the interior decoration of the refectory in Prague's Clementinum, which he had begun, and carried out the renovation of the St. Anna Probation House in Vienna from 1709 to 1710 according to his plans. In 1712 he designed the high altar for the St. Michael Jesuit Church in Passau . In 1722, the Breslau bishop Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz-Neuburg commissioned him with the interior decoration of the Jesuit church in Breslau. The high altar designed by Tausch was built from 1722 to 1724; Tausch painted the altar painting Circumcision of Christ in 1725. In the same year, he examined the plans drawn up by Balthasar Neumann for the bishop for the reconstruction of the Mergentheimer Schloss, which served as the headquarters of the Teutonic Order , headed by Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz-Neuburg as Grand Master .
He was given further large orders in the episcopal city of Neisse, where he took up residence and was appointed chief building officer. From 1722 to 1725 he built the school building of the Jesuit college there and from 1724 the hospital "Sanctae Trinitatis" on behalf of the bishop. This was a stately building, which could only be completed under Bishop Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf in 1733 and which was destroyed in the First Silesian War in 1741 during the Prussian siege of Neisse. In addition, Tausch held the post of superstructure inspector of the Bohemian Jesuit Province, so that all art works had to be presented to him for assessment. From 1727 to 1729 the high altar of the parish church in Glatz was built according to his plans.
literature
- Bernhard Patzak : The St. Ignatius Church in Gorizia and its master builder Christoph Tausch . In: The Christian Art; Monthly for all areas of Christian art and art history . Society for Christian Art Kunstverlag, Munich 1904, p. 332–336 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Swap, Christoph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 477-478 .
- Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland Silesia. Munich, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X .
- Ryszard Holownia: "... because Frater Tausch is constantly absent ..." Christophorus Tausch (1673–1731) - universal artist of the Jesuit order and the Prince-Bishop of Wroclaw. In: Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): Reiselust & Kunstgenuss. Baroque Bohemia, Moravia and Austria. Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-39-1 , pp. 89-103.
Web links
- Literature from and about Tausch, Christophorus 1673–1731 in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Christoph Tausch in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swap, Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swap, Christopher; Exchange, Christophorus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect, painter and decorator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1731 |
| Place of death | Neisse |