Georg Lacher

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Georg Lacher (born April 20, 1809 in Reisensburg , † December 7, 1882 in Munich ) was a history and church painter of the Nazarene style , who was mainly active in Old Bavaria and in Bavarian Swabia . From 1824 to 1882 he created ceiling paintings and altarpieces in numerous churches.

Side altarpiece Madonna and Child in the parish church of the Birth of Mary in Pfärrich
Ceiling painting in the parish church of St. Leonhard in Riefensberg
Sermon of John the Baptist in the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Schöngeising

Life

Georg Lacher was born in Reisensburg, today a district of Günzburg. He first studied at the Augsburg Art School and from 1828 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he enrolled in the subject of "History Painting". Peter von Cornelius , the then director of the academy, was one of his teachers. With him Georg Lacher was involved in the painting of the Ludwigskirche in Munich, where in 1836 he executed the fresco of the four Latin church fathers in the south transept with Ludwig Moralt .

Georg Lacher was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art, founded in 1860 . A street in Günzburg is named after him.

Works (selection)

  • 1832–43: Ceiling painting in the parish church of St. Michael in Erpfting (Landsberg am Lech)
  • 1836: Ceiling fresco The four Latin Church Fathers in the Church of St. Ludwig in Munich (with Ludwig Moralt)
  • 1840: High altar painting of Christ Crucifixion in the parish church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Graben
  • 1843: Ceiling painting of the Assumption of the Virgin in the parish church of St. Leonhard in Riefensberg (Vorarlberg / Austria)
  • 1846: Side altar leaves in the parish church of the Birth of Mary in Pfärrich
  • 1850/51: Two pictures of the Stations of the Cross on the Calvary in Füssen
  • 1850/70: High altar painting Crucifixion of Christ in the parish church of St. Nicholas and Maria in Mitterndorf (Dachau)
  • 1854: Side altar leaves instruction of Mary and baptism of Emperor Constantine the Great in the St. Martin cemetery church in Germering
  • 1855: Side altar leaves Adoration of the Magi and Crucifixion of Christ in the parish church of St. Oswald in Traunstein
  • around 1860: Side altar leaves Lamentation of Christ and Martyrdom of St. Sebastian in the old parish church of St. Jakob in Unterpfaffenhofen
  • 1861: Ceiling painting sermon of John the Baptist in the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Schöngeising
  • 1866: Altarpieces in the parish church of the Birth of Mary in Bubesheim
  • 1872: Side altar sheet Saint Sebastian , ins. "Georg Lacher 1872", in the St. Peter and Paul branch church in Holzkirchen Alling
  • 1874: High altar painting Saint Martin , ins. "G Lacher Munich 1874", in the parish church of St. Martin in Fahlenbach ( Rohrbach (Ilm) )
  • 1894: Ceiling paintings in the old parish church of St. Georg and Michael in Göggingen , whitewashed during the restoration in 1962/63
Ceiling fresco The four Latin church fathers in the Ludwigskirche in Munich

literature

  • Lothar Altmann: St. Jakob Unterpfaffenhofen . IP Verlag, 2nd revised edition, Germering 2003, p. 26.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . Revised edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 .
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 .
  • Günzburg in the 19th century . Historischer Verein Günzburg eV (publisher), Günzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-055810-8 .

Web links

Commons : Georg Lacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Lacher matriculation book 1809-1841 (accessed on September 30, 2018)
  2. ^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 23.
  3. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 263.
  4. ↑ The Four Latin Church Fathers Image Index of Art & Architecture (accessed on September 30, 2018)
  5. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . Revised edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 381.
  6. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . Revised edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 362.
  7. ↑ St. Nikolaus and St. Maria in Mitterndorf churches and chapels in the Dachau region
  8. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 359.
  9. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 1180.
  10. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 1214.
  11. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 1086.
  12. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . Revised edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 205.
  13. ^ History of the Church of the Birth of Mary, Bubesheim Diocese of Augsburg
  14. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 459.
  15. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria . 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 , p. 277.
  16. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . Revised edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 376.
personal data
SURNAME Laugh, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Reisensburg ( Günzburg )
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1882
Place of death Munich