Elias Greuter the Elder
Elias Greuter the Elder (also: Greither, Greiter, Greiterer, Kreitter, Kreuter) (* 1569 or 1570 in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria ; † between November 9th and 11th 1646 there ) was a Bavarian painter of the Baroque period .
The first known mention of the painter comes from 1591, when he acquired citizenship in Weilheim and painted the cemetery church of St. Salvator and Sebastian (Betbergkapelle) in Weilheim using Secco technology. Presumably he was a student of Christian Schwarz. Greuter achieved special importance as the first early Baroque painter in Bavaria who painted a church with a spacious ceiling fresco .
His sons were the painters Elias Greuter the Younger and Johann Greuter .
Works
- 1591–1615: Catholic cemetery church St. Salvator and Sebastian am Betberg in Weilheim
- 1606 version of the altarpiece of Ulrichs- and Afraaltars in the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg
- after 1606: main altarpiece of the Anastasia Chapel of the Benediktbeuern monastery
- 1610–1611: Participation in the Andechs monastery church
- 1610–1611: Participation in the St. Benedikt monastery church in the Benediktbeuern monastery
- 1614–1616: Participation in the decoration of the Munich Residence : Imperial staircase and four-bay hall
- 1618: Three altars in the pilgrimage church of the Assumption near Hohenpeißenberg
- 1618: Painting of the wings of the new organ of the parish church of Bozen (not preserved)
- 1623: Altarpiece baptism of St. Augustine in the former Augustinian canons' church Heilig Kreuz in Polling
- 1627: Fresco Maria surrounded by the seven angels in the Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Weilheim (together with his son Johann Greuter)
- 1630–1635: High altar sheet with deposition from the cross in the monastery church of St. Peter and Paul in the Beuerberg monastery
literature
- Ludwig Zottmann: On the art of Elias Greither the elder, his sons and employees. A contribution to the history of Bavarian local art (= Studies on German Art History 112). Heitz, Strasbourg 1909 ( digitized version ).
- Kurt Malisch: Greuter (Greither; Kreitter; Kreuter etc.), Elias, d. Ä. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 273 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Matthias Kunze: Greuter (Greither [er]; Kreitter; Kreuter), Elias, d. Ä . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 61, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23028-8 , p. 498.
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SURNAME | Greuter, Elias the Elder |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greuter, Elias the Elder Ä .; Greither, Elias; Greiter, Elias; Kreitter, Elias; Kreuter, Elias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of the baroque period |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1569 or 1570 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim in Upper Bavaria |
DATE OF DEATH | between November 9, 1646 and November 11, 1646 |
Place of death | Weilheim in Upper Bavaria |