Franz Xaver King

Franz Xaver König (* around 1711 ; † December 24, 1782 in Salzburg ) was a Rococo painter from Salzburg .

Life

The son of a Salzburg corporal married in 1748 and received citizenship in Salzburg. The painter Peter Paul Perwanger , who may have been his teacher or master, acted as best man . König worked mainly for the St. Peter monastery , which was redesigned under Abbot Beda Seeauer (1753–1786). Among other things, he created ceiling frescoes in the collegiate church , the authorship of which is not entirely clear, however. König is named as a painter in the archives of St. Peter, but may have passed the commission on to Johann Weiß .

In addition to frescoes and altarpieces, Franz Xaver König also painted portraits and landscapes. He was trained on the Venetians and is considered the main representative of Rococo painting in Salzburg.

Works

St. Michael, detail of the ceiling fresco in St. Michael's Church

High altar picture and side altar pictures, Parish Church Annaberg im Lammertal , 1752
20 canvas prints for the collegiate church of St. Peter, 1757
Flag sheet for Großgmain, 1759
Frescoes on the domes and the ceiling, Collegiate Church of St. Peter, 1758–1763
Painting of St. Peter's Abbey Library, 1769
Frescoes and side altar paintings, Michaelskirche , Salzburg, 1770/71
High altar picture , Untereching branch church , 1774

High altar painting of the Assumption of Mary , Laufen collegiate church , around 1775

literature

F. Martin: King, Franz Xaver . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 147 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Peter Stoll: Franz Xaver König, Johann Weiß and the ceiling frescoes of the Benedictine monastery church of St. Peter in Salzburg. University of Augsburg, 2009, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 384-opus4-11205
^ Johann Kronbichler: The artistic work of Jacob Zanusis. In: Ladinia , Vol. XXIV-XXV (2000-2001), pp. 61-88. ( PDF; 3.3 MB )

personal data
SURNAME	King, Franz Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Salzburg rococo painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1711
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1782
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] Peter Stoll: Franz Xaver König, Johann Weiß and the ceiling frescoes of the Benedictine monastery church of St. Peter in Salzburg. University of Augsburg, 2009, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 384-opus4-11205

[2] Johann Kronbichler: The artistic work of Jacob Zanusis. In: Ladinia , Vol. XXIV-XXV (2000-2001), pp. 61-88. ( PDF; 3.3 MB )