Georg Röttinger

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Jakob Georg Röttinger (born December 30, 1862 in Zurich ; † February 28, 1913 there ) was a Swiss glass painter who worked in Zurich.

Life

Georg Röttinger, born in 1862, probably began to be interested in the handicrafts practiced by his father Johann Jakob Röttinger (1817–1877) at an early age . He probably also had to help with smaller jobs such as drawing lead. After the death of his father, he helped Karl Andreas Wehrlis in the glass painting workshop in Zurich, after which he moved to Nuremberg , where, in addition to working in the studio of the glass painter Hans Klaus, he attended evening school at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule until 1884 .

After his apprenticeship and traveling years, he took over his father's business in 1887 together with his brother Heinrich Röttinger (1866–1948). He spent the next 26 years executing large and small orders at home and abroad. His most famous works include the stained glass in the Reformed Church in Oerlikon and the no longer preserved windows in St. Theodul in Sitten and the University of Leipzig .

Georg Röttinger died on February 28, 1913 in Zurich as a result of a blood disease that he might have contracted while working frequently with lead. He left no offspring. The workshop was continued by his brother Heinrich.

The estate of the Röttinger glass painting studio has been kept in the Zurich Central Library since 2008 .

literature

  • Heinrich Appenzeller: Röttinger, Georg. In: Carl Brun: Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon , Volume 2, Frauenfeld 1908, p. 661 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Röttinger, Georg . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935.
  • Eva Zangger: University research in collaboration with the Vitrocentre Romont and the Monument Preservation of the City of Zurich. The Zurich work of the glass painter Georg Röttinger. In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland. 59, 2008, No. 3, pp. 39-45 ( digitized version ).
  • Eva Zangger: Techniques of glass painting on the threshold of the 20th century. The Zurich works of the glass painter Georg Röttinger. In: Techniques du vitrail au XIXe siècle. Forum pour la conservation et la restauration des vitraux. Namur 14-16 June 2007 (= Les dossiers de l'institut du patrimoine wallon 3). Namur 2007, ISBN 2-930466-08-1 , pp. 119-128.
  • Eva Zangger landlord: “Artistic understanding and perfect technical skill”. Studies on the work of the glass painter Jakob Georg Röttinger . Peter Lang, Bern a. a. 2016, ISBN 978-3-0343-2033-7 ( excerpt PDF).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation of two windows by former Swiss students at the University of Leipzig on the occasion of its 500th anniversary celebration in 1909 based on designs by Rudolf Münger . The gift from the former Leipzig students in Switzerland to the University of Leipzig. In: Switzerland. Swiss illustrated magazine. 13, 1909, pp. 294-296 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ The estate of the Röttinger glass painting studio in the Zurich Central Library .
personal data
SURNAME Röttinger, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Röttinger, Jakob Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1913
Place of death Zurich