Franz Xaver Bernhard

Bernhard's signature in the church in Apfeltrach

Franz Xaver Bernhard , also Franz Xaver Bernhardt (* August 8, 1726 in Eggenthal ; † February 21, 1780 ibid) was a German church painter of the Baroque .

Life

Bernhard came from a family of painters from Murnau . His father Joseph Bernhard settled in the monastery area of Irsee Abbey in the early 18th century and painted frescoes in Swabian churches, e.g. B. in Langenneufnach and St. Vitus in Derndorf . Franz Xaver Bernhard worked mainly in the area of the imperial monastery Irsee and its surroundings as a fresco, panel and barrel painter. In addition to many frescoes, portraits of the Irsee abbots Aemilian Mock in the Pforzen rectory and of Bernhard Beck under the western gallery of the Irsee monastery church are attributed to Bernhard .

plant

Bernhard's frescoes are described in the relevant literature as "of average, rural quality" and can be found in many rural churches in Upper Swabia.

Catalog raisonné

1754: Stations of the Cross for vineyards , today in the parish church of St. Martin in Schlingen

1757: Ceiling painting in the Sebastian chapel in Ingenried near Pforzen

1758: Ceiling fresco in the pilgrimage chapel Maria Seelenberg in Eggenthal

1763: Setting of the stone altars in St. Martin, Schlingen, later also of the high altar

1764: Ceiling fresco in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Leinau

1764: Ceiling fresco in the parish church of St. Ulrich in Warmisried

1766: Half-length pictures and frescoes in the parish church of St. Bartholomäus in Apfeltrach

1767: Ceiling frescoes in St. Georg in Ingenried

1768: Ceiling frescoes in the burial chapel on the Kalvarienberg in Weiler near Bidingen

1771: Ceiling frescoes in the St. Magnus church in Geislatsried near Bidingen

1772: Ceiling frescoes in St. Margareta in Irsingen

1774: Ceiling frescoes in the parish church of St. Stephan in Irsee

1774: Ceiling frescoes in the St. Joseph chapel in Tannenberg near Burggen

1775: Choir fresco in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Bernbeuren (based on sketches by Bergmiller)

1775: Frescoes in the parish church of St. Michael in Haselbach near Neuburg a. D.

1778: Frescoes in the parish church of Burggen near Schongau

Individual evidence

↑ Aegidius Kolb, Ewald Kohler: Ostallgäu once and now. Marktoberdorf 1984, p.

literature

A. Fuchs: Franz Xaver Bernhard de Eggenthall. In: Kaufbeurer history sheets. Kaufbeuren, 1960
T. Breuer: City and district of Kaufbeuren. Munich 1960, p.?.
Michael Petzet : District of Marktoberdorf. Munich 1966, p.?.
H. Habel: Mindelheim district. Munich 1971, p.?.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Bernhard, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bernhardt, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German church painter of the baroque
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eggenthal
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 1780
Place of death	Eggenthal

[1] Aegidius Kolb, Ewald Kohler: Ostallgäu once and now. Marktoberdorf 1984, p.