Gerhard Groeninger

Gerhard Gröninger (* 1582 in Paderborn , † 1652 in Münster ) was a German architect and sculptor. He worked mainly in Westphalia and the Netherlands . With his works, the early Baroque made a breakthrough in Westphalia.

Life

After training with his brother Heinrich Gröninger and years of traveling in the Netherlands, Gerhard Gröninger became a citizen of Münster in 1609 . Here he worked in the workshop of the sculptor Hans Lacke . In 1621 Gröninger became Gildemeister. His oeuvre consists almost exclusively of works for churches in the diocese of Münster ; his style was shaped by the Dutch mannerism taught in Antwerp . The clear architectural structure of his work also reveals the knowledge of the Italian Renaissance , as it was spread through the Dutch engravings. The figurative is based on engravings by Cornelis Cort and Philipp Galle and the graphic work of Albrecht Dürer . The balance and harmonious lines increase until 1635 and is considered to be his most important creative period. Despite the large orders, it went bankrupt in 1636. In addition, the situation in Münster was tense and unbridgeable due to his quick temper. In 1639 he moved to Rheine with his family . In his later years he returned to Münster. The painter and sculptor Johann Mauritz Gröninger was a grandson of Gerhard Gröninger.

Works

• The moated castle Darfeld is considered to be Gröninger's main work , as well as numerous sacred sculptural works.
• High altar, 1619–22 (Münster, west choir of the cathedral Epitaph Meinertz), 1625
• Altenberge, main relief with baptism of Christ
• Stephanus altar with Letmathe epitaph, 1625–30 (Münster, Dom);
• Crucifixion altar f. Ss. Cornelius and Cyprianus in Westbevern , 1631
• High altar d. Old cathedral in Münster, 1634–35 (parts of it in Seppenrade)

Attributions

• Epitaph Westerholt († 1609) (Münster, Cathedral)
• Mauritian statue, 1613, (ibid.)
• Epitaph Huchtebrock († 1615) (ibid.)
• Blaise altar with Plettenberg epitaph, 1619 (ibid.)
• Crucifixion altar, around 1625 (Altenberge); Kalvarienberg, around 1630 (Münster, Mauritz Church);
• Christ on d. Scourge column, around 1630 (Cologne, Schnütgen-Mus.)
• Epitaphs Kümmel u. Hensen, late works (Münster, Überwasserkirche)

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  Orphan boy , portal of the Protestant orphanage, Nijmegen

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  Orphan girl, portal of the Protestant orphanage, Nijmegen

literature

• Ferdinand Koch: The Gröninger. A contribution to the history of Westphalian sculpture in the late Renaissance and Baroque periods. Münster: Coppenrath, 1905 ( digitized version )
• Margarete Pieper-Lippe:  Gröninger, Gerhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 116 ( digitized version ).
• Theodor Rensing : To the genealogy of the Gröninger . In: Alois Schröer (Ed.): Monasterium. Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the consecration of Paulus Cathedral in Münster . Regensberg Verlag, Münster 1966, pp. 137–148.

Web links

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