Georg Mader

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Georg Mader (born September 9, 1824 in Wolf, a hamlet near Steinach am Brenner in Tyrol , † May 31, 1881 in Bad Gastein ) was an Austrian painter .

Georg Mader learned the trade of miller and worked as a farmhand until he was 16. But his spiritual stepbrother managed to get him to be apprenticed to the painter Hans Mader in Innsbruck. Here he was promoted by the well-known professor of aesthetics Alois Flir , who was also the son of a miller. Soon, however, he had to return to the operation of the mill in Steinach, became a journeyman and, according to old custom, went on a journey until he was 20 years old.

From 1844 he devoted himself entirely to painting and went to Munich, first to Wilhelm von Kaulbach and then to Johann von Schraudolph . In 1851 he accompanied his teacher Johann von Schraudolph to Speyer , where he worked on the wall paintings in the local cathedral until 1853 . It was here that he met the painter Franz Hellweger , who also worked on the murals.

Ceiling frescoes in the parish church of Bruneck (1858–1866)

Returning to Tyrol that same year, he became impoverished so that he had to deal with decorative painting. It was only through the mediation of Franz Hellweger, who had taken over the oil paintings, that Mader painted the fresco cycle “The Life of Mary” in the parish church of Bruneck from 1858 to 1866 , which also established his reputation. In 1861, together with Albert Neuhauser (1832–1901) and the architect Josef von Stadl (1828–1893), he founded Tyrolean glass painting in Innsbruck . Mader belonged to this art institute as a partner until his death. From 1867 to 1871 he painted the cycle “The Life of Jesus” on the vault of the Steinach church. In 1868 he became a member of the Vienna Art Academy. From 1872 to 1873 he painted the cycle “From the Life of Saint Magdalena” on the vault of the Kematen church . From 1874 he painted the frescoes in the parish church of Bad Ischl . The work was almost complete when he suffered a stroke on January 10, 1881. Although he recovered, he only drew templates for Tyrolean glass painting. He hoped for help in Bad Gastein, but passed away after the first day of his arrival.

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  1. ↑ Georg Mader †, in: Kunstchronik, Jg. 16 (1881) No. 40, column 670-672  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / diglit.ub.uni-heidelberg.de  
  2. ^ Tyrolean stained glass in the 5th generation
personal data
SURNAME Mader, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinach am Brenner
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1881
Place of death Bad Gastein