Franz Martin Kuen
Franz Martin Kuen (* 8. November 1719 in White Horn ; † 30th January 1771 in Linz ) was a German painter of the Rococo .
Life
Kuen was born in what is now Hauptstrasse 22 in Weißenhorn. The father Johann Jakob Kuen, born in Weingarten , had founded a painting workshop here, in which his fourth son learned the trade. The painter received further training from Johann Georg Bergmüller in Augsburg, with whom he also executed the frescoes of the Maria Himmelfahrt church in Dießen am Ammersee . From 1745 to 1747 Kuen stayed in Italy, where he was influenced by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's painting style . After returning in 1748, he set up his own workshop in Weißenhorn. The main activity of the painter concentrated on the near central Swabian area. The main works of Kuen that have been preserved include the ceiling fresco in the library of Wiblingen Monastery , the frescoes in the Roggenburg monastery church and the 23 frescoes in the parish church of St. Martinus in Erbach (Danube) .
The painters Johann Baptist Enderle and Konrad Huber were students of Kuen. Huber married Kuen's widow and continued his workshop.
The Wengen Provost Michael Kuen was his brother. The artist was appointed to this monastery by his uncle, Provost Johann Braunmüller, as early as 1743. Kuen was busy, a good businessman and self-confident: on the ceiling of the chapel of the Vöhlin Castle in Illertissen, he pictured himself together with Baron Joseph von Vöhlin, in Wiblingen he looks over the shoulders of Alexander the Great in one of his paintings .
With his wife, the merchant's daughter Maria Anna Würth, Kuen had 14 children, but only four of them survived him. On a trip to Prague , where he was supposed to become director of the academy, he died of typhus on January 30, 1771 at the age of 52 in Linz .
In his 300th year of birth, two exhibitions will be held in 2019:
- April 13th to June 30th, local history museum Weißenhorn, "Franz Martin Kuen - Citizens and Artists in Weißenhorn"
- July 18 to December 1, Roggenburg Education Center (in collaboration with the Weißenhorn Local History Museum), "Franz Martin Kuen (1719-1771) - Swabian piety in Venetian splendor".
Both exhibitions are accompanied by concerts, excursions, guided tours, lectures and children's activities.
Works
Kuen painted more than four dozen church halls in just under 28 years, for which the study visits are still billed. A selection of his works:
- Frescoes in the collegiate church of St. Michael zu den Wengen , Ulm , 1743 and 1766 (destroyed in World War II)
- Ceiling fresco Divina Sapientia in the library of the Wiblingen Monastery , 1744
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Cross, Ursberg - Mindelzell , 1750
- High altar sheet Descent from the Cross , pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul , Bad Schussenried- Steinhausen, 1750
- Frescoes in the castle chapel in Vöhlinschloss , Illertissen , 1751
- Frescoes in the sanctuary to Our Lady of Sorrows , Unterroth -Matzenhofen, 1751
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Laurentius, Weißenhorn- Attenhofen, 1752
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Michael , Krumbach , 1752
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Michael, Fischach , 1753
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Andreas, Egling- Heinrichshofen, 1753
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Martin, Scheuring , 1753
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Nikolaus, Kutzenhausen , 1754
- Frescoes in the pilgrimage church of Maria Kappel , Schmiechen , Augsburg, 1754–1755
- Frescoes and altar leaves in the Roggenburg Abbey Church , Roggenburg , 1754–1756
- Frescoes in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary, Seekirch am Federsee, 1756
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Ulrich, Eresing , 1757
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Blasius, Wiesenbach , 1757
- Fresco meal of the gods in the New Palace , Tettnang , 1758
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Otmar and Juliana , Krumbach- Attenhausen , 1759
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Jakobus major, Ritzisried , 1759
- Frescoes in the subsidiary church of St. Dominikus, Pfaffenhofen- Niederhausen, 1760
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist (former monastery church ), Baindt , around 1763
- Ceiling fresco in the parish church of St. Nikolaus, Unlingen -Göffingen, 1763
- Fresco feeding the five thousand in the refectory of the Roggenburg monastery , Roggenburg , 1766
- Ceiling fresco in the St. Urban Chapel (Moorwiesenkapelle), Breitenthal , 1767
- Votive picture of the Roggenburg Convention, Roggenburg , 1768
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Martinus , Erbach , 1768
- Gallery, evangelist and apostle fields in the parish church of St. Martin, Niederstotzingen -Oberstotzingen, 1769
- Frescoes and altar leaves in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary , Scheppach , around 1769/1770
- Fresco St. Dismas on the cross in the rectory, Roggenburg , around 1770
- Frescoes in the parish church of St. Stephan, Buch- Rennertshofen
- Frescoes in Donaurieden Castle (destroyed in 1820)
- Panel paintings and drawings, including in the local history museum Weissenhorn
literature
- Paul Beck : Kuen, Franz Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 374 f.
- Matthias Kunze: Model Tiepolo - The drawings by Franz Martin Kuen from the Museum Weissenhorn . Weissenhorn 1992 ISBN 3-928891-00-6 .
- Ingrid Münch: Kuen, Franz, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 755-759.
- Peter Stoll: Frontispiece based on models by Franz Martin Kuen for authors from the Wengen Monastery in Ulm . In: Geschichte im Landkreis Neu-Ulm 16 (2010), pp. 21–44.
- Gerhard P. Woeckel: Kuen, Franz Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 219 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Martin Kuen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tabular curriculum vitae and overview of works
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kuen page of the city of Weißenhorn , accessed on May 31, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kuen, Franz Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1719 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenhorn |
DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1771 |
Place of death | Linz |