Emanuel Basler the Elder

Emanuel Basler (born January 15, 1826 in Friedland ; † October 11, 1903 in Simbach am Inn ) was a German sculptor who mainly created works in the neo-Gothic style for churches and chapels.

Life

In 1850 he emigrated to Vienna , Prague and Braunau am Inn as a journeyman . From 1854 to 1856 he worked for the Simbach painter and gilder Simon Daum. Emanuel Basler married Josefa Ehrensperger in 1857 and built a house with a studio in Simbach am Inn in 1874 . In the meantime he had also become a master sculptor, Basler's apprentice was Johann Huber, who later became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . Together with his son Emanuel Basler the Younger , the father created over 20 altar fixtures in Bavaria and Austria.

Works

• 1852: Altar in the pilgrimage church Maria Schutz in Bad Griesbach-Kronberg.
• 1862: Side altar for the parish church of St. Bartholomäus in Aufhausen (now: high altar in the subsidiary church of St. Michael in Endlkirchen )
• 1862/63: Way of the Cross for the parish church of Maria Immaculate Conception in Simbach am Inn.
• 1864: Mission cross at the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Erlach .

Wall cross of the parish church Sankt Sixtus in Pollenfeld, 1881

• 1866: High altar figure Good Shepherd and relief angel for the parish church of St. Jakobus in Indersbach .
• 1872: Altar in the Maria Hilf Kleinziegenfeld chapel .
• 1877: Tabernacle for the high altar of the parish church of St. Giles in Malching .
• 1879: Altar for the Leonrod Chapel in Eichstätt Cathedral (now: high altar of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Pappenheim ).
• 1880 (approx.): Altar of the branch church Sankt Nikolaus in Neuhofen.
• 1880: High altar of the parish church Sankt Sixtus in Pollenfeld .
• 1881: Wall cross of the parish church Sankt Sixtus in Pollenfeld.
• 1882: Marien Altar with Pietà in the parish church of St. Sixtus in Pollenfeld.
• 1884: Joseph altar in the parish church of St. Sixtus in Pollenfeld.
• 1882–1884: Figures for the parish church of Sankt Ulrich in Kirn.
• 1884: Altar for the Sebastian Chapel in Freyung.
• 1885: Madonna with lily in the parish church of Sankt Simon and Judas Thaddäus in Kurzenisarhofen .
• 1885: Two figures from the former high altar of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Hohenau .
• 1886: Figures for the high altar of the parish church of St. Bartholomew in Zeilarn (now: Church of St. John the Baptist in Gehersdorf).
• 1887: Cross altar for the cathedral in Eichstätt.
• 1887: Side altars for the parish church of Sankt Ulrich in Büchlberg (preserved: Our Lady of Sorrows).
• 1887: Former high altar and side altars for the parish church of St. Nicholas in Kirchberg.
• 1886–1888: High altar and side altars in the parish church of St. Andreas in Perlesreut .
• 1889: Bartholomäus relief for the parish church of St. Bartholomew in Julbach (Inntal ).

literature

• Otto Grimm: The Basler von Simbach / Inn . Simbach, 2011
• Georg Brenninger: Historicism in church furnishings in Lower Bavaria . Dingolfing, 1990