Eulogius Boehler
Eulogius Böhler (nickname Logi ; born January 30, 1861 in Bergalingen ( Baden ), † June 5, 1943 in Würzburg ) was a German church painter and restorer . His works, especially the ceiling paintings, are still part of the furnishings in many Franconian churches.
Life
Youth and wandering years (1861 to 1910)
Eulogius Böhler was born on January 30, 1861 in Bergalingen, Baden, which is now part of the municipality of Rickenbach in the Hotzenwald . He and his twin brother Ignatius were born out of wedlock to a Katharina and Chrysostomus Böhler, a textile factory worker from Lörrach . The parents did not get married until 1865. In addition to his twin brother, Eulogius had other siblings, but not all of them reached adulthood.
Böhler first attended elementary school in Lörrach and stood out here and in the advanced training school that soon followed because of his talent for drawing. However, it was not financially possible for the parents to finance the son's drawing training. Böhler then began an apprenticeship as a whitewater and painter. During this time the first pictures were taken, first “The Rötteln Castle near Lörrach” and “The Little Church in the Kaiser Mountains ”.
During his wandering years , Böhler first moved to Munich , where he attended an art school in the evening to promote his talent. In 1881 he came to Würzburg at the age of twenty. Here he worked as an assistant to Georg Wahler, but was also able to accept his first orders as a painter and restorer. In particular, the restoration of pictures by Franconian baroque painters such as those of the Herrlein family , Georg Anton Urlaubs and Januarius Zicks became Böhler's specialty.
At the same time, Eulogius also worked as a freelancer for the Franz Wilhelm Driesler studio and thus achieved his financial independence. In 1888 he married Elisabeth Katzenberger from Würzburg, with whom he was to have six sons and two daughters. The marriage and the birth of the children also meant that the family gave up the small apartment on Semmelstrasse and began to build their own small house on Leutfresserweg.
Self-employed church painter (1910 to 1943)
In 1910, Böhler had earned enough money to start his own business. The neo-baroque art movement that he represented was extremely popular and Böhler received many commissions from the Catholic Church. Between 1910 and 1914 alone he contributed over twelve large furnishing elements for Franconian churches. Above all, ceiling paintings and stations of the cross were the specialty of the Würzburg resident.
In addition to the church paintings, Böhler also increasingly accepted profane work in the previous years. In 1891, for example, he painted the Conservatory in Würzburg, but the pictures were lost in the bombing raid on the city in 1945 . A large mural was also created in 1896 for the meeting room in the Klingenberg town hall. For the pictures in publications of the Hetzfeld rafters' guild, Böhler also tried to make allusions to current political events.
Eulogius Böhler was involved in many clubs in his new hometown. In addition to the raftsmen's guild, an artists 'association, Böhler was a member of the singers' association. Soon after his arrival in the city, he also joined the municipal branch of the German Alpine Club and distinguished himself as a competitive cyclist. The many commissions that the esteemed church painter Böhler received also ensured a solid financial basis.
Only with the outbreak of the First World War was a decline in orders noticeable. During the war, Böhler's son Rudolf died at the front. After the war, Böhler increasingly had to paint churches outside of Franconia as inflation had destroyed his savings. He appeared in Hessen , Rheinhessen and the Palatinate . He painted his last church at the age of seventy-nine in 1939. Eulogius Böhler died on June 5, 1943 in Würzburg and was buried in the main cemetery.
Works (selection)
Towards the end of the 19th century, Böhler began to work as an artist in various churches in what is now Main Franconia and the surrounding area. He created his last work in 1939 in Dromersheim in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate . The squared drawing for a brewery mural from 1941, preserved in Schweinfurt , documents Böhler's productive work into old age, but it cannot be proven whether the painting was still carried out.
| Place name | year | plant |
|---|---|---|
| Alitzheim | 1910 | Ceiling painting "Martin, Trinity over Alitzheim", 4 church fathers, symbol of Christ in a halo |
| Althausen | 1911 | Restoration of the ceiling painting from 1776 |
| Arnstein | 1908 | 6 pictures on the side walls |
| Arnstein | 1931 | Restoration of the ceiling painting from 1726 |
| Bad Nauheim | 1931 | Painting of the house chapel of the Kettler sanatorium |
| Biebelried | 1917 | not available anymore |
| Birch field | 1913 | Ceiling painting "Warring and Triumphant Church" |
| Birch field | 1918 | Mountain chapel 4 war memorial images |
| Birnfeld | 1904 | Ceiling painting "Ascension of Christ", painting "when a darkness came over the country around the 6th hour ..." |
| Boettigheim | 1908 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary", "Annunciation to Mary" |
| Beeches (Odenwald) | 1923 | not available anymore |
| Burgfarrnbach | 1929 | Ceiling painting "Ascension of Christ", altar sheet "Baptism of Jesus" |
| Dalsheim | 1937 | Ceiling painting "Trinity", "Assumption of Mary", "Archangel Gabriel" |
| Dingolshausen | 1908 | not available anymore |
| Dornheim | 1917 | Little Way of the Cross |
| Dromersheim | 1939 | 2 ceiling paintings "Peter walks to Jesus on the sea", "The conversion of Saul" |
| Ebelsbach | 1930 | Sacred Heart of Jesus representation |
| Euerhausen | 1918 | 2 ceiling paintings "Birth of Christ", "Last Supper", "Four Evangelists" |
| Euerhausen | 1919 | Stations of the Cross |
| Gädheim | 1898 | Ceiling paintings "Conversion of Saul", "Last Supper", "Ambrose with the beehive", "Pope Gregory the Great", stations of the cross |
| Gaubüttelbrunn | 1917 | not available anymore |
| Gerlachshausen | 1914 | St. Egidius : ceiling painting “St. Family "," St. Aegidius with hind ”, altar leaves |
| Gerlachshausen | 1916 | Stations of the Cross |
| Gerolzhofen | 1910 | Ceiling painting “St. Vitus "(hospital church) |
| Greßhausen | 1908 | Pilgrimage church "Maria vom Sieg" : "The Last Supper", wall and ceiling paintings |
| Grossbardorf | 1921 | Ceiling painting, station path, warrior memorial plaques |
| Großeibstadt | 1923 | Station path |
| Großwallstadt | 1923 | not available anymore |
| Güntersleben | 1909/1910 | Altar wing paintings “Sacrifice of Abraham”, “Moses and the bronze serpent”, “St. Stephen "," St. Laurentius ”,“ Handing over the keys to St. Peter" |
| Hambrunn | 1927 | Altar wing paintings “Maria Immaculata”, “Our Lady of Sorrows”, “St. Sebastian "," Scourged Jesus " |
| Hammelburg | 1914 | Stone thal chapel : ceiling frescoes "Marriage of Mary" and "Assumption of Mary" |
| Hundsfeld | 1920 | not available anymore |
| Helmstadt | 1921 | not available anymore |
| Hendungen | 1913 | Ceiling painting "Last Supper", "Pentecost", "4 Evangelists" |
| Heppdiel | 1924 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary", "Ascension of Christ" |
| Sky city | 1920 | not available anymore |
| Herrnberchtheim | 1911 | Ceiling painting "Ascension of Christ" |
| Hoechberg | 1909 | Mary's Birth (Höchberg) : ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary" |
| Iphofen | 1910 | Altarpiece "Trinity" |
| Karlburg | 1910 | not available anymore |
| Kelsterbach | 1929 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary", "Coronation of Mary", "Victory of the Angels over Hell", several wall paintings, several medallions |
| Small cattle field | 1909 | Ceiling painting “Holy Trinity”, altarpiece “St. Martin " |
| Klingenberg am Main | 1896 | Meeting room town hall "The City of Klingenberg" |
| Knetzgau | 1905 | Ceiling painting restoration JP Herrlein |
| Kronungen | 1912 | Ceiling painting “The Condemnation of St. Laurentius " |
| Lamb game | 1926 | not available anymore |
| Lindach | 1922 | Side altar sheet “St. Markus " |
| Lindach | 1923 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary" |
| Mainz | 1929 | not available anymore |
| Mariannhill / Africa | 1924 | Altar leaves “The Prodigal Son”, “St. Magdalena " |
| Merkershausen | 1922 | Restoration of the Herrleinkirche, war memorial chapel |
| Merkershausen | 1924 | Painting “14 helpers in need”, “St. Sebastian " |
| Muenster | 1923 | Ceiling painting “St. Martin "," 4 Church Doctors " |
| Neubrunn | 1930 | Ceiling painting “Adoration of St. three Kings" |
| Neunkirchen | 1905 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary into Heaven" |
| New on the sand | around 1900 | St. Michael (Neuses am Sand) : Altarpiece with a representation of the Archangel Michael |
| Nordheim before the Rhön | 1923 | Ceiling painting "John preaching in the desert", "4 Evangelists" |
| Oberaltertheim | 1910 | Ceiling painting "Ascension of Christ", Protestant church |
| Obererlenbach | 1926 | Ceiling painting “Mariae Himmelfahrt”, ceiling painting “St. Martin ", mural" Last Supper " |
| Oberelsbach | 1896 | Ceiling painting restored by Johann Peter Herrlein |
| Top litter | 1915 | "God the Father" ceiling picture |
| Top litter | 1919 | Painting of a side altar |
| Top litter | 1922 | Image “St. Wendelin “, Way of the Cross |
| Oberwöllstadt | 1928 | Ceiling painting “St. Stephan " |
| Oberzell | 1902 | Klosterkirche paintings, restoration paintings Johannes Zick |
| Offenbach am Main | 1926 | Marienkirche Stationsweg |
| Pfersdorf | 1894 | St. John the Baptist : ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary", 2 side altar leaves |
| Pfersdorf | 1919 | 2 panels of favor |
| Prosselsheim | 1912 | Ceiling painting “Martyrdom of St. Bartholomäus "," Ascension of Christ " |
| Randersacker | 1913 | Stephen cycle, Stationsweg |
| Rimpar | 1913 | not available anymore |
| Rockenberg | 1927 | not available anymore |
| Rohrbach | 1915 | Ceiling painting, 12 pictures of the apostles, 3 medallions |
| Rottenbauer | 1911 | Ceiling painting "Jesus as a child", 4 evangelists |
| Rottendorf | 1914 | not available anymore |
| Hall on the Saale | 1907 | Way of the Cross, parish church |
| Hall on the Saale | 1920 | 4 pictures, war memorial chapel |
| Sächsenheim | 1927 | Restored ceiling painting |
| salt | 1910 | 8 murals, altar sheet “St. Antonius ”, ceiling painting |
| Schweinfurt | 1941 | Wall painting for the Hartmann am Wall / Wallbräu brewery, execution unknown (squared preliminary drawing preserved) |
| Sulzdorf (Giebelstadt) | 1912 | Ceiling painting, stations of the cross |
| Sulzdorf (Stadtlauringen) | 1911 | "Birth of Christ" ceiling painting |
| Schlierstadt | 1922 | not available anymore |
| Stadelhofen | 1922 | not available anymore |
| Steinfeld | 1935 | not available anymore |
| Uengershausen | 1902 | Altar sheet, Protestant church |
| Uettingen | unknown | Ceiling painting "Ascension of Christ" |
| Unteraltertheim | 1910 | not available anymore |
| Untereisenheim | 1915 | Ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary" |
| Vernagthütte | 1932 | Oil painting "Our Lady in the Ice" |
| Wolkshausen | 1916 | not available anymore |
| Willanzheim | 1909 | Painting "Assumption of Mary into Heaven" |
| Wurzburg | 1891 | Würzburg Conservatory stairwell no longer available |
| Wurzburg | 1909 | Merciful Sisters no longer exist |
| Wurzburg | 1910 | Pleicher church no longer exists |
| Wurzburg | 1913 | Heidingsfeld, altarpieces, Protestant church |
| Wurzburg | 1922 | Reurer Church Stationsweg |
| Wurzburg | 1923 | Reurer Church no longer exists |
| Wurzburg | 1929 | Salesians no longer exist |
literature
- Jan Soldin: Eulogius Böhler's wall painting for the Wallbräu. An unknown late work by the Franconian church painter in Schweinfurt . In: Schweinfurt Mainleite . No. 2 , 2019, p. 46-49 .
- Ruth Friedrich: Catalog raisonné . In: Dieter Weber (ed.): Eulogius Böhler. A painter in Franconia . Würzburg 1998, pp. 67-79
- Josef Kern: On the painting of Eulogius Böhler . In: Dieter Weber (ed.): Eulogius Böhler. A painter in Franconia . Würzburg 1998, pp. 36-44
- Dieter Weber: From the artist's vita . In: Dieter Weber (ed.): Eulogius Böhler. A painter in Franconia . Würzburg 1998, pp. 11-35
- Josef Kern : Böhler, Eulogius . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 12, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22752-3 , p. 129.
Web links
- Eulogius Böhler in the German biography
- WürzburgWiki: Eulogius Böhler , accessed on November 22, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Weber, Dieter: From the artist's vita , p. 11
- ↑ See: Kern, Josef: On the painting of Eulogius Böhler
- ^ Weber, Dieter: From the vita of the artist . P. 14
- ^ Weber, Dieter: From the vita of the artist . P. 21
- ↑ Jan Soldin: Eulogius Böhler's wall painting for the Wallbräu. An unknown late work by the Franconian church painter in Schweinfurt . In: Schweinfurt Mainleite . No. 2 , 2019, p. 46-49 .
- ^ Friedrich, Ruth: catalog raisonné . Pp. 67-72.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böhler, Eulogius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Böhler, Logi (nickname); Böhler, Elogius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergalingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1943 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |