Gebhard Fugel
Gebhard Fugel (born August 14, 1863 in Oberklöcken near Oberzell , today in Ravensburg , † February 26, 1939 in Munich ) was a German painter . He specialized in Christian motifs; his best-known work is the Jerusalem panorama in Altötting .
life and work
Fugel grew up in Upper Swabia and studied at the Stuttgart Art School from 1879 (among others with Alexander von Liezen-Mayer and Claudius Schraudolph the Younger ). Already during his student days he turned to Christian motifs, which he realized in a realistic style, influenced by history painting and the Nazarenes . The painting, Christ Heals Sick , from 1884/1885 was exhibited with success in the Munich Art Association; as a result, he was represented in exhibitions at home and abroad. In 1890 Fugel moved to Munich and founded the German Society for Christian Art there with colleagues . Large-format wall paintings in churches and altarpieces now predominated in his work.
His 1140 m² circular painting on the Passion, created 1902–1903 and shown in a specially constructed building in Altötting , is one of the last surviving panoramas and its religious theme is unusual for this art form, which is otherwise determined by historical motifs. In 1905 Fugel was appointed "royal professor".
Fugel's school murals , 136 paintings on biblical subjects, also made him known to a wider public, they were also used as illustrations in school Bibles and other books.
Street names in Ravensburg , Ravensburg-Oberzell, Weingarten , Friedrichshafen , Altötting and Munich- Menzing are reminiscent of Fugel. The Gebhard Fugel Art Prize is named after him. Fugel's grave is located in the Solln forest cemetery .
Fugel was an honorary member of the Catholic student association Saxonia-Munich in the KV .
Works (selection)
Wall and altar paintings
- Christ heals the sick , Mission House Hl. Kreuz, Altötting , 1884–1885
- Former wall painting of the Stemmer Chapel in Lauterbach (Black Forest) , 1888
- Descent from the Cross , Städtische Galerie Bad Saulgau , 1889–1890
- Side altar leaves Mary with the Child Jesus / Heart of Mary , and St. Joseph with Pope Leo XIII. , St. George's Church , Auernheim, 1891
- Ceiling frescoes, St. Gebhard pilgrimage church on Gebhardsberg near Bregenz, 1895–1896
- Maria with the child , parish church St. Antonius in Oberzell , 1897
- Ceiling painting of St. Ambrosius and the Mount of Olives scene on the outer facade of the parish church of St. Ambrosius in Hergensweiler , Westallgäu, 1897
- Paul's sermon on the Areopagus , 1898 Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul Ellhofen / Westallgäu
- Cycle of frescoes on the life of St. Martin in the parish church , Wangen im Allgäu , 1899
- Holy Family and Way of the Cross, St. Elisabeth in Stuttgart, from 1903
- Stations of the Cross frescoes and altarpieces in the Church of St. Joseph in Munich, 1904–1908 (destroyed in World War II)
- Ceiling painting Jesus blesses the children , the birth of Jesus and the Lord's Supper in the parish church of Hohenweiler / Vorarlberg in 1908
- Frescoes on the legend of St. Andrew, Church of Our Lady in Ravensburg , 1908–1909
- Altarpiece St. Martin in Aystetten near Augsburg, 1912
- Way of the Cross (1921) and side altar paintings (1929/1930), Parish Church of St. Johann Baptist , Munich-Solln
- Dome painting Last Judgment in Hauerz (today in Bad Wurzach ), 1921
- Joseph cycle in the apse of the neo-Gothic church of St. Josef and St. Wendelin (Diefflen) , 1921, destroyed in the Second World War
- Altarpieces and Stations of the Cross, St. Anton Parish Church , Passau, 1922
- (former) Altarpiece in the Church of St Elisabeth in Ulm , 1923
- Ceiling painting The miraculous multiplication of bread in Moggast , Upper Franconia, 1926
- High altar picture "Birth of the Savior" in the parish church of the Holy Family in Bad Griesbach im Rottal , around 1915
- Ceiling painting in Münster am Lech , 1917
- Ceiling painting in the Catholic parish church of St. Maximilian in Ludwigsmoos , around 1912
- Winged altar in Cologne-Ehrenfeld
- Altarpiece in St. Elisabeth in Hamburg
- Three altarpieces, Saulgau hospital church
- Ceiling painting of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Ursberg institutional church
- Ceiling painting Sermon on the Mount in Grenchen (Canton Solothurn, Switzerland)
- Cycle of frescoes in the parish church, Mindelheim
- Ceiling painting of the chapel near the Eich near Ellwangen (to commemorate those who fell in the First World War)
- Painting in the Church of St. Elisabeth, Berlin-Schöneberg
- two altarpieces in the parish church of St. Peter in Cathedra, Großheubach : Jesus meets his mother and the deposition of the cross (both visible during Lent)
- Altar sheet in the Salvatorkirche in Berlin-Lichtenrade (high altar by Thomas Buscher )
- Ceiling painting in the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist, Ravensburg -Obereschach
- Factory in the Kolumba , Cologne
- Ceiling painting St. Sebastian (Haisterkirch) , 1892
Other works
- Jerusalem panorama Crucifixion of Christ , Altötting , size: 12 × 95 m, 1902–1903
- 136 paintings on the Bible, so-called school murals , 1908–1932 (originals today in the Diözesanmuseum Freising)
- 25 drafts for the Apocalypse , 1933
literature
- Ludwig Baur: The Way of the Cross by Gebhard Fugel . In: Archives for Christian Art . 28th year 1910, pp. 4–8 ( digitized version )
- Ludwig Baur: The Fugelschen frescoes in the cath. City parish church of Ravensburg . In: Archives for Christian Art . 28th year 1910, pp. 65–66, 73–76, 81–82 and 92–95 ( digitized version )
- Oskar Döring-Dachau : Gebhard Fugel. In: Die christliche Kunst , 6th year 1909–1910, VI. Issue (February 1910), pp. 133-143 ( digitized version )
- Peter Eitel : Fugel, Gebhard. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (Ed.): Württembergische biographies including Hohenzollern personalities. Volume I. On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-018500-4 , pp. 83-84.
- Bernd Feiler: The Blue Rider and the Archbishop. Religious tendencies, Christian belief and church confession in painting in Munich from 1911 to 1925 . Dissertation, LMU Munich, 2002 ( full text ), in particular p. 200 ff.
- Gabriele Koller: The Jerusalem Panorama Crucifixion of Christ in Altötting (Art Guide; No. 2487). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-6389-0 .
- Gabriele Koller (Ed.): The world of panoramas. Ten years of international panorama conferences . Büro Wilhelm, Amberg 2003, ISBN 3-936721-08-4
- Karl Muth: About Christian painting and its creators . In: Hochland - monthly for all areas of knowledge, literature and art . Kösel, Kempten and Munich, 4th year 1906–1907, Volume I, pp. 60–66 ( digitized version )
- Walter Rothes: Gebhard Fugel. An introduction to the master's work and life . Parcus & Co., Munich 1925.
- Franz Schultheiss: Gebhard Fugel. A life and artist sketch . Süddeutsche-Verlagsanstalt, Ulm 1920.
- Gebhard Streicher (Ed.): Gebhard Fugel. Apocalypse . Exhibition by the Altötting City Gallery. Büro Wilhelm, Amberg 2003, ISBN 3-936721-04-1
- Franz Schiermeier: Panorama Munich. Illusion and reality. Munich as the center of panorama production . Franz Schiermeier Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813190-2-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Photo of the grave
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Web links
- Literature by and about Gebhard Fugel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for Gebhard Fugel in the German Digital Library
- Search for Gebhard Fugel in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Panorama Altötting
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugel, Gebhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of Christian art |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberklöcken near Oberzell , today in Ravensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1939 |
| Place of death | Munich |