Felizian Hegenauer

Johann (es) Felizi (t) an Hegenauer (born January 27, 1692 in Braunau am Inn ; † unknown) was an Austrian sculptor .

parents

Hegenauer's parents were the sculptor Sebastian Högenauer (1660–1719) , who came from Bergen ( Schmiechen parish ) near Mehring and who died in Braunau am Inn, and his wife Helene Mass, daughter of the Rosenheim sculptor Blasius Mass. Högenauer was the only well-known baroque sculptor who lived in Braunau am Inn in the last quarter of the 17th century. After the death of Sebastian Högenauer in 1721, his widow married the sculptor and nativity scene carver Johann Georg Libigo († 1743 in Braunau am Inn) , who also came from Braunau am Inn . In Braunau am Inn there are many church works by Högenauer and Libigo.

Family and work

Hegenauer left his mark on many churches in southern Germany , especially in Pfullendorf and Türkheim an der Wertach , but also in smaller towns such as Gutenstein in the Danube Valley , Dietershofen or Liggersdorf . Hegenauer is said to have returned to Braunau am Inn in old age. No further details are known. In 1716, Hegenauer married the stonemason daughter Franziska Danner († September 5, 1755 in Überlingen), who came from Überlingen on Lake Constance . In 1717 he settled as a Statuarius in Pfullendorf, where he lived until 1740. Of the couple's ten children, born between 1717 and 1734, six were sons, four of whom were Johann Caspar Wilhelm (born January 30, 1719), Johann Michael (born September 17, 1723), and Joseph Felizian (born March 4, 1728 ) and Konrad Felizian (born November 26, 1734), how the father became a sculptor or wood carver and worked in his workshop. The artist family probably moved to Türkheim an der Wertach around 1740. Probably the most important sculptures by Hegenauer are the seven wooden sculptures of the high altar of St. Jakobus Church in Pfullendorf: the apostle brothers Johannes and Jakobus, four angels and God the Father as well as shields, capitals and frames for the altar leaves. Formally, some of Hegenauer's works still belong to the late baroque .

literature

• Klaus Schwager: Eighteenth-century sculpture workshops in the Swabian foothills of the Alps. Part 2: The workshops of Felizian, Johann Wilhelm, Johann Michael and Konrad Hegenauer. Publishing house of the Tübingen research on art history and the publishing house Hopfer, Tübingen 1963.
• Hans Ruf: Swabian Baroque - The Türkheim workshops. Carpenter, sculptor and painter of the 17th and 18th centuries. Anton H. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1981, ISBN 3-87437-184-0 . In it: Die Hegenauer , pp. 99–121.
• Manfred Hermann : Art in the district of Sigmaringen - plastic. Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1986. In it: St. Karl Borromäus, St. Rochus, St. Mark and St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus by Johann Felizian Hegenauer , pp. 228–237; Sorrowful Mother under the Cross, Sorrowful Mother (Pieta), Fish Sermon by St. Anthony of Padua and St. Matthew Angel by Johann Michael Hegenauer , pp. 297–309.
• Otto Schaub: The sculptor family Hegenauer with special consideration of the youngest son Konrad Hegenauer (approval work for the 2nd service examination). Weingarten: Pedagogical University, 1956/57 (not published, only as a single work with text part, illustrated book approx. 250 photos + slides).

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