Ferdinand Wagner (painter, 1819)
Ferdinand Wagner (born August 16, 1819 in Schwabmünchen , † June 13, 1881 in Augsburg ) was a German painter of the Nazarenes .
Life
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His mother was the seamstress Maria Anna Wagner, b. Schorer and his father, master furrier Ludwig Wagner from Schwabmünchen. He had a sister named Maria Anna. The family lived in a house on Fuggerstrasse. Less than a year after his birth in February 1820, the mother died. The father married Josepha Mögele, the daughter of an innkeeper , a second time .
In the years 1832/33 Ferdinand completed an apprenticeship in furrier in his father's business. In 1834 he received training as a painter at the art academy in Munich . His teachers at the academy were Peter von Cornelius and his assistant Joseph Schlotthauer . In 1845 he made the portrait of the Imhof children . In 1853 he married Kreszenz Heindl, the daughter of a Dillingen school inspector . The couple lived in Schwabmünchen. The son Gustav was born in 1854 and died after less than a year.
In 1855 Wagner painted The Divine Last Judgment in the Church of St. Michael Schwabmünchen. His commissioned works ranged from smaller ecclesiastical new orders, such as the painting of several figures of the apostles in St. Meinrad Each home until the renewal of the façade painting at city palace of Jakob Fugger in Augsburg. In 1863, after several applications had been submitted, the city of Augsburg gave the family permission to move to the city of Augsburg. A self-portrait of him dates from 1865. In 1866 he painted the church of St. Martin in Heimertingen , in 1880 the side altars in the church of the Assumption of Mary in Markt Wald in what is now the Unterallgäu district .
According to a notice board attached there, Ferdinand Wagner painted the entire street facade of the Konstanz town hall in 1864 , including several large-format history pictures.
Ferdinand Wagner died on June 13, 1881 in Annastr. 36a in Augsburg. He was buried in the Herman cemetery.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Wagner, Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 491.
- Rudolf Bachleitner: The Nazarenes. Heyne, Munich 1976. ISBN 3-453-41182-X .
- J. (= Johann Fidelis Nikolaus) Marble: Description of the frescoes at the city chancellery in Constance. Executed by Ferdinand Wagner from Augsburg . Self-published, Konstanz, DNB 363623086 (published without a year, between 1864 and 1879, 8 pages).
Works
The museum and gallery of the city of Schwabmünchen have a collection focus on the work of the painter who was born in this city.
- City hall facade in Konstanz
- Church in Stockach
- St. Magnus in Mittelstetten (Schwabmünchen)
- St. Martin in Waldstetten in the district of Günzburg
- St. Stephan in Behlingen in the district of Günzburg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ferdinand Wagner †. in: Kunstchronik, Vol. 16 (1881) No. 38, Column 618 ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter (Nazarenes) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabmünchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1881 |
| Place of death | augsburg |