Franz Martin Kuen

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Franz Martin Kuen (* 8. November 1719 in White Horn ; † 30th January 1771 in Linz ) was a German painter of the Rococo .

Descent from the Cross (high altar of the Steinhausen pilgrimage church ), 1750

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

Fresco “The battle on the Lechfeld” in the parish church of St. Ulrich, Eresing , 1757
Ceiling fresco in the choir of the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Baindt , "America" ​​from the cycle The Four Continents , 1764
Fresco “Martyrdom of St. Laurentius ”in the church of Attenhofen, 1752

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:

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kuen page of the city of Weißenhorn , accessed on May 31, 2019
personal data
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