Gabriel Wolcker

Gabriel Wolcker (baptized June 8, 1715 in Schelklingen ; † after 1760 and before October 14, 1783 in Oberschwarzach in Lower Franconia ) was a German high baroque painter in Lower Franconia.

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Gabriel Wolcker was the seventh son of Johann Georg Wolcker the Elder . Like his brothers, he probably also trained as a painter with his father.

Little is known of Gabriel. His last known place of residence and residence was Markt Oberschwarzach in the district of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia, Bavaria. Gabriel probably married Eva Barbara in the Wiesentheid market , whose last name is unknown. The couple apparently later settled in Oberschwarzach. The daughter Maria Anna was born there on February 23, 1760.

Gabriel died before October 14, 1783, because at the death of his benefactor and brother Johann Michael he was no longer alive. After his death, his widow married a second time. Gabriel Wolcker's descendants are only the two half-sisters Maria Anna married Haagen and Ursula married Thalmayer.

Works

So far, very few signed works by Gabriel Wolcker have become known:

1755: both side altar leaves in the church of Geusfeld are signed by him

1757: Altar sheet (awarding of scapulars) on the south side altar of the parish church Peter and Paul in Oberschwarzach , signed and dated 1757

literature

Wolcker (Volcker), Gabriel . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 184 .

Individual evidence

↑ The Royal Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior for Church and School Affairs (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Vol. III: District of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg. Part 8: District Office Gerolzhofen . Oldenbourg, Munich 1913, p. 137; Heinrich Mayer: The art of the Bamberg area. Volume 1: Western half. St. Otto-Verlag, Bamberg 1930, p. 96 [erroneously as Karl Wolcker].
↑ The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 3, Part 8, p. 174.

personal data
SURNAME	Wolcker, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German high baroque painter in Oberschwarzach (Lower Franconia)
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized June 8, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rogue blades
DATE OF DEATH	between 1760 and October 14, 1783
Place of death	uncertain: Oberschwarzach

[1] The Royal Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior for Church and School Affairs (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Vol. III: District of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg. Part 8: District Office Gerolzhofen . Oldenbourg, Munich 1913, p. 137; Heinrich Mayer: The art of the Bamberg area. Volume 1: Western half. St. Otto-Verlag, Bamberg 1930, p. 96 [erroneously as Karl Wolcker].

[2] The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 3, Part 8, p. 174.