Franz Xaver Bernhard
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.?.
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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 |