Gabriel Kessler
Gabriel Kessler (born March 20, 1648 in Brixen , † December 6, 1719 in Bolzano ) was a Baroque painter .
Life
He was trained by his father, the well-known baroque painter Stephan Kessler . His brothers Michael and Raphael were also painters. In 1672 he settled in Bolzano, where he worked with the painter and priest Johann Baptist Hueber , who specialized in baroque illusion painting . Kessler mainly created panel paintings and frescoes, taking into account the view from the Italian Baroque .
Works
- Frescoes with the Easter cycle in the Holy Sepulcher Church in Bolzano, 1685 (together with JB Hueber)
- Vault painting with scenes from the life of Mary in the pilgrimage church Hollbruck , 1686
- Panel paintings Entombment , Christ appears to women , Jesus in limbo , Holy Sepulcher Church, Bozen, 1688
- Altarpiece, parish church Livo , 1714
- Panel painting Last Judgment and frescoes in the Cheb Chapel in St. Lorenzen , 1714/15
- Frescoes in the Siebenkapellenkirche in Innsbruck (with JB Hueber, destroyed)
literature
- Erich Egg: Kessler, Gabriel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 544 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Venti secoli d'arte in Alto Adige - Il periodo della Controriforma - Pittura. Retrieved January 17, 2011 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kessler, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baroque painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1648 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1719 |
| Place of death | Bolzano |