Franz Krombach

Franz Krombach (born July 27, 1853 in Munich , † March 27, 1908 in Munich) was a German painter .

Franz Krombach: 6th Station of the Cross in the Church of Greßhausen , 1908

Life

The parents were Georg and Creszenz Krombach. Little is known about the painter's professional training. In 1870 he was drafted into the military. In 1872 he was sentenced to a prison term of 1 ½ years for the crime of violating subordination (refusing to obey orders or being obliged to obey orders) . He was in prison until March 7, 1874. In 1878 Franz Krombach married Maria Margareta Hofrichter, the bricklayer's daughter from Amberg . In 1890 he was granted civil rights by the city of Munich. Between 1874 and 1883, i.e. within nine years, he changed his place of residence eleven times within Munich. Between 1882 and 1901 Franz Krombach stayed abroad again and again to paint jobs.

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Most of the previously known works by Franz Krombach are versions of the 14 Stations of the Cross . Krombach used the Stations of the Cross cycle by the Austrian painter Johann Evangelist Klein (1823–1883) as a model for depicting many of his Stations of the Cross . Paintings by old masters such as Matthias Grünewald , Albrecht Dürer , Anthonis van Dyck or Peter Paul Rubens also served as models for his depictions of the crucifixion or burial in the cycles of the Cross and the altarpieces.

Today, works by Franz Krombach are mainly known from southern Germany and Alsace, but also from Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark and Croatia. His last work is likely to have been the Stations of the Cross from 1908 in the pilgrimage church of Maria vom Sieg Greßhausen.

Previously known works

Franz Krombach: Side altar in the church of Spoonsterz, 1900

• 1880 Stations of the Cross, St. Mauritius Parish Church, Billafingen
• 1880 Stations of the Cross, St. Katharina Hardt branch church, Beratzhausen market
• 1880 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Nakel an der Netze, Poland
• 1881 Stations of the Cross, St. Johannis-Baptist Church, Neheim
• 1882 Stations of the Cross, Catholic Church Saint-Ulrich, Kriegsheim (Alsace)
• 1884 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Helmsdorf , Eichsfeld district
• 1885 Stations of the Cross, St. Sebastian parish church , Reupelsdorf , Kitzingen district
• 1886 Stations of the Cross, former St. Afra monastery church, Maidbronn , Rimpar parish
• 1887 Stations of the Cross, St. Burkard , Geiselwind , Kitzingen district
• 1887 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church of St. Verena, Risch , Canton of Zug (Switzerland)
• 1887 Stations of the Cross, Saint-Matthias Church, Dürler, Reuland parish (Belgium)
• 1888 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church of St. Heinrich and St. Margaretha, Schollbrunn
• 1889 Stations of the Cross, Catholic Parish Church of Saint-Arbogast, Lampertheim (Alsace)
• 1889 Stations of the Cross, Saint-Jacques parish church, Riedseltz (Alsace)
• 1889 Stations of the Cross, Notre-Dame des douleurs chapel, Koestlach (Alsace)
• 1890 Stations of the Cross, Winnweiler Cross Chapel
• 1890? Stations of the Cross, L 'Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix, Grussenheim (Alsace)
• 1891 Altarpiece, Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Lobendava , Czech Republic
• 1891 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church or Chapel, Molva (Croatia)
• 1892 Stations of the Cross and another picture, Rosenkranskirken (destroyed 1945), Copenhagen (Denmark)
• 1894 Stations of the Cross, Parish Church of Saint-Etienne, Mittelbergheim (Alsace)
• 1900 Three altarpieces, Parish Church, Spoonsterz
• 1901 Stations of the Cross, St. Mauritius Parish Church, Nordstetten
• 1908 Stations of the Cross, “Maria vom Sieg” pilgrimage church, Greßhausen

literature

• Dr. Albert, Konrad: Greßhausen - history of a Franconian village . Published by the municipality of Gädheim, Benedict-Press, Münsterschwarzach, 1996.
• Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Regensburg and Upper Palatinate , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1991.
• Fels, Gertrud: Historicism in the Church - The Atelier of Franz Wilhelm Driesler , Echter Verlag, 1996.
• Fast: The churches in the parish of Marktsteinach - Marktsteinach, Abersfeld, Löffelsterz, Rednershof, Kreuzthal ; Art Guide No. 1046, Schnell and Steiner Verlag, Munich, 1975

Web links

Commons : Franz Krombach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Inventory of French cultural assets