Franz Anton Rauscher
Franz Anton Rauscher (born May 6, 1731 (baptism date) in Aicha on the Danube , † December 2, 1777 in Niederalteich ) was a German painter .
He was one of ten children of the painter and innkeeper Joseph Rauscher (1683–1744) and his wife Maria Klara, née Plößl. After the death of his father, who was in the service of Kloster Niederaltaich , he moved to Niederaltaich with his mother at the age of 13.
Cosmas Damian Asam's student worked exclusively for church clients. He is best known as a fresco painter , but there are also some altar paintings by him.
A street was named after him in his home town of Aicha on the Danube.
Works
- Ceiling frescoes in the nave and choir of the church of the St. Salvator Monastery near Bad Griesbach im Rottal , 1751
- Ceiling frescoes in the nave and choir as well as high altar sheet (Assumption of Mary) and side altar sheets of the parish church of Thundorf an der Donau , 1760
- Ceiling fresco of the hospital church in Deggendorf : Martyrdom of St. Katharina, signed and dated 1763
- Ceiling frescoes of the parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Frauenau , signed, around 1767
- Ceiling frescoes of the mountain church in Zwiesel , signed, 1776
- High altar sheet Baptism of Christ in the parish church of Rinchnach (former monastery church of Rinchnach monastery ), signed
- Side altarpieces Penitent Magdalena and St. Sebastian of the parish church of Bad Kötzting
- Temptation of St. Benedict in the monastery church of Oberalteich Abbey
- Large oil painting in the castle brewery Gossersdorf (near Konzell ): Elector Max III. Joseph gives his rights to Abbot Josef Maria Hiendl , signed and dated 1777
- High altar sheet in the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Regen : Coronation of Mary, signed, dated 1780
The frescoes in the presbytery of Deggendorf's grave church (1766), the frescoes in the parish church of St. Augustinus in Viechtach , the mural in the choir of the city church of St. Magdalena in Plattling , the ceiling frescoes of the church of Windberg monastery and the stitch cap frescos in the nave are sometimes ascribed to him the parish church Kirchdorf im Wald .
literature
- Heike Mrasek: The baroque painter Franz Anton Rauscher. An Asam student in Lower Bavaria (dissertation, work in progress)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rauscher, Franz Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Rococo painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 6, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aicha on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1777 |
| Place of death | Niederalteich |