Gottfried Fritsch
Gottfried Fritsch (* around 1706 in Silesia ; † October 6, 1750 in Tobitschau ) was an Austrian sculptor of Silesian origin.
Fritsch completed an apprenticeship in the studio of the sculptor Andreas Zonner in Olomouc . With his support he was later able to continue his education at the art academy in Vienna . Raphael Donner was probably one of his teachers there.
He returned from Vienna to his homeland during the politically difficult times ( First Silesian War ) and worked almost exclusively for various parishes. In 1741 the Paulaner Order brought him back to Vienna to decorate their church with a suitable main altar.
His angel figure for the cemetery in Střílky , on the foothills of the Mars Mountains ( Diocese of Olomouc ) was one of the most important by Fritsch; in the same cemetery he also created a crypt chapel.
Works (selection)
- 1739 high altar of the pilgrimage church in Wranau near Brno
- 1741 Altar of the Paulanerkirche (Vienna)
- 1740 main altar of St. Peter's Cathedral in Fünfkirchen
- 1740 angel figure in the Střílky cemetery ( Moravia )
literature
- Zdrawka Ebenstein: Fritsch, Gottfried. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 627 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Walther Killy et al. a. (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , p. 493
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fritsch, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1750 |
| Place of death | Tobitschau |