Faistenberger

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Faistenberger was the name of a family of painters and sculptors from Hall in Tirol and Kitzbühel , Tirol .

Well-known members of the artist family :

Benedikt Faistenberger (* 1621 in Kitzbühel , 1693 in Kitzbühel)
Andreas Faistenberger (baptized November 29, 1646 in Kitzbühel , December 8, 1735 in Munich ), sculptor, son of Benedikt Faistenberger
Simon Benedikt Faistenberger (baptized October 27, 1695 in Kitzbühel , April 22, 1759 in Kitzbühel), painter, nephew of Andreas Faistenberger

Representative of the Austrian Baroque

Works: Wall and ceiling paintings especially in Tyrol ( St. Johann in Tirol (1727), Kitzbühel (1739), Rattenberg (1758))

Ignaz Faistenberger (1662-1728)
Anton Faistenberger (* 1663 in Salzburg , February 29, 1708 in Vienna ), nephew of Benedikt Faistenberger

Works: landscapes and etchings

Joseph Faistenberger (* 1675 in Salzburg , August 30, 1724 in Salzburg), brother of Anton Faistenberger

Works: landscape paintings

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Feistenberger, famous artist family . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 164 f. ( Digitized version ).