Gabriel Mälesskircher

Gabriel Mälesskircher (also Mäleßkircher) (* around 1425 or around 1430; † around 1495) was a painter who worked in southern Bavaria in the second half of the 15th century.

Life

Mälesskircher is documented in Munich since 1461. He was at the head of the Munich painters' guild several times, had been a member of the council since 1469 and became second mayor in 1485. In that year he also acquired Kempfenhausen Castle on Lake Starnberg . The Mäleßkircherstraße in Munich-Daglfing is named after him.

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St. Luke from the former Benedictine Abbey Tegernsee, today in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Mälesskircher, who is considered to be the successor to Gabriel Angler and a representative of the “second Munich painting school”, worked mainly for the Tegernsee Monastery , probably also because he was married to the sister of Abbot Konrad Ayrenschmalz . The pieces of furniture he created between 1474 and 1479 ended up in the Schleissheim Palace Gallery , the Bavarian National Museum and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Michael Wolgemut from Nuremberg worked as a senior journeyman in his productive workshop . A miniature portrait of Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian is preserved in the legal book of the City of Munich.

The following works have survived from Mälesskircher:

Fürstenfeld Monastery in Fürstenfeldbruck : two wing paintings in the sacristy: Nativity, Pentecost, around 1470 (attributed)
Munich, Salvatorkirche: Annunciation, blessing Christ, Our Lady, members of the Ridler family in the porch of the portal, around 1475 (attributed)
Mural from the ancestral hall of the Munich Residence, around 1470, now in the Bavarian National Museum
Altar furnishings (13 panels) of the monastery church Tegernsee (but not the Tegernsee Passion Altar), some of them (pictures of the four evangelists, St. Luke paints the Virgin Mary, St. Matthew tames the dragon, miracles at the grave of St. John, martyrdom of St. Mark) today in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid , in the Staatsgalerie Burghausen
The saints Christoph and Onuphrius ( Museum Georg Schäfer , Schweinfurt )

literature

Hans Dollinger : The Munich street names. Südwest Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-517-08370-4 , p. 197.
Volker Liedke: Maleskircher, Gabriel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 729 f. ( Digitized version ).
Herbert Schindler : Great Bavarian Art History. Volume 1. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1963, p. 298, p. 301
Sophia Springer: The Tegernsee Altars by Gabriel Mälesskircher. tuduv, Munich 1995, ISBN 978-3-8316-7526-5 .

Web links

Commons : Gabriel Mälesskircher - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Ernst Götz u. a. (Editor): Georg Dehio (founder): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bayern IV: München und Oberbayern, 3rd edition 2006, Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, p. 568, ISBN 978-3-422-03115-9

personal data
SURNAME	Mälesskircher, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mälesskircher, Gabriel; Maleskircher, Gabriel; Mächselkircher, Gabriel; Mächlaskircher, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1425 or around 1430
DATE OF DEATH	around 1495

[1] Ernst Götz u. a. (Editor): Georg Dehio (founder): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bayern IV: München und Oberbayern, 3rd edition 2006, Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin, p. 568, ISBN 978-3-422-03115-9