Feuchtmayer Museum

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Feuchtmayer Museum in Mimmenhausen

The Feuchtmayer Museum is located in the Mimmenhausen district of Salem and makes the former workshop of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer and his working methods accessible. The themes in the museum are the person Feuchtmayer, copies of his drawings, the creation of the wooden and stucco figures, the production of the stucco marble and the documentation of his work for the pilgrimage church of Birnau and the Abbey of Salem .

House and workshop

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer took over the workshop in Mimmenhausen and textbooks from his father Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer . Feuchtmayer acquired the building from Salem Monastery in 1730. Eight journeymen worked for him. Feuchtmayer worked here in stucco technique, stucco marble and created figures in stone, wood and plaster. After Feuchtmayer's death in 1770, the workshop was continued as a sculptor's workshop by Johann Georg Dirr until his death in 1779. After that it was used by Johann Georg Wieland until his death in 1802. The Mimmenhausen workshop then ceased to exist.

In the 19th century the building was used for agriculture and opened as a museum in 2000 by the municipality of Salem.

Presentation drafts

Feuchtmayer drew presentation drafts for his clients, some of which are exhibited in copies, e.g. B. to the high altar and the east wall of the palace chapel in Meersburg for Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim .

Work techniques

The construction of his stucco figures in phases is shown. The creation of a putti figure from the raw block of wood is modeled. The composition of the stucco marble is documented.

Working for Salem and Birnau

The work for Abbot Anselm II von Salem and the pilgrimage church Birnau are shown.

literature

  • Friends of the Feuchtmayer Museum (ed.): Feuchtmayer Museum, Salem-Mimmenhausen. Leaflet from around 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edgar Bruker: Foreword. In: Städtische Wessenberg-Gemäldegalerie Konstanz (ed.): Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer and the Mimmenhauser Bildner, JG Dirr, FA Dirr, JA Dirr, A. Dirr, L. Gradtwohl, JG Wieland: hand drawings, engravings. (Exhibition catalog, exhibition from July 28 to August 24, 1985, Edgar Bruker editors)
  2. ^ Ottokar Graf: Johann Georg Wieland (1742–1802) - A pioneer of classicism in the Lake Constance area. In: Hegau-Geschichtsverein eV (Hrsg.): Yearbook . tape 73/2016 . Singen Hohentwiel, ISBN 978-3-933356-88-8 , p. 63-88 .
  3. ^ Description of the Feuchtmayer Museum at webmuseen.de, accessed on August 22, 2012

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 41.5 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 1.2 ″  E