Dionys Ganter

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Dionys Ganter (born May 26, 1798 in Bubenbach ; † November 26, 1862 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German painter.

Life

Dionys Ganter was one of eleven children of the blacksmith Andreas Ganter and his wife Rosina, his younger brother was the later innkeeper and painter Nikolaus Ganter (1809-1886).

Even as a child he was artistically gifted and initially also worked as a clock shield painter. In 1821 he went to Vienna , where he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts , first in the elementary drawing school, from 1823/24 and from 1826 to 1829 in the history painting class. In Vienna he got to know the Nazarenes and worked as a portrait painter. He then returned to his homeland and married Magdalena Scherzinger from Rötenbach in 1837 , where he initially lived after the wedding. In 1838/39 he settled in Freiburg.

In his time in the Black Forest he mainly painted wealthy farmers and citizens as well as views, in his time in Freiburg mainly religious motifs and altarpieces.

Works (selection)

  • 1812: Portrait of his grandfather Mathä Stegerer, Freiburg, Augustinermuseum Inv. V 58/002
  • 1824/26: Eisenbach, Stegerer Chapel, later in the parish church, then in private ownership, Stations of the Cross , oil on sheet metal
  • 1827 miniature portrait of a woman, art trade
  • 1837: Self-portrait and portrait of his wife Magdalena, oil painting, Freiburg, Augustinermuseum Inv. M 72 / 001a-b
  • 1842: Fiefdom , St. Cyriak , Stations of the Cross
  • 1844: Portrait of Josef Dilger (1797–1881), founder of the Freiburg Sick, Dying and Widows' Association, oil painting. Freiburg, Augustinian Museum Inv. M 34/001
  • 1845 Bubenbach, parish church, altarpiece The Man of Sorrows (not preserved)
  • 1850: Freiburg-Herdern , parish church, altarpiece Baptism of Christ in the Jordan (not preserved)
  • Half-length portrait of Johanna Dold with a straw hat, oil painting. Freiburg, Augustinermuseum Inv.-No. 09191
  • Young gentleman with a dark blue skirt, miniature, auctioned in 2007
and display information about the image
Way of the Cross in the Church of St. Cyriak in Fief

literature

  • Max Wingenroth : Black Forest painter. Karlsruhe 1922, pp. 25-27.
  • Robert Eigenberger : Ganter, Dionys . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 163 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Arnold Steiert: 19th century Black Forest painter from Eisenbach. In: Franz Fettinger (ed.): On the high forest. Local history of Eisenbach, Bubenbach and Oberbränd. Eisenbach 1991, pp. 863-880, especially pp. 864-866.
  • Margret Zimmermann: 19th and 20th century paintings. Augustinermuseum Freiburg; Inventory catalog. Modo-Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 2004, ISBN 3-937014-01-2 , pp. 14-145. 371-372.
  • Gerrit Müller: Nikolaus Ganter (1809–1886) - beer keeper and painter at the interface between Baar and the Black Forest. In: Writings of the Association for History and Natural History of the Baar. Volume 55, 2012, pp. 101-120 ( digitized version ).
  • Dankmar Trier: Ganter, Dionys . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 413.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Although it is often stated that Josef von Führich and Leopold Kupelwieser cannot be identified as his teachers.
  2. ↑ Zimmermann, Fig. 277.
  3. ↑ photo .
  4. ↑ Zimmermann Fig. 278–279.
  5. ↑ Zimmermann Fig. 275; Photo .
  6. ↑ Zimmermann Fig. 266, photo .
  7. ↑ photo .
personal data
SURNAME Ganter, Dionys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Bubenbach
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1862
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau