Gotthard Bauer
Gotthard Bauer (born December 21, 1887 in Schaufling ; † February 29, 1976 in Munich ) was a German painter and restorer . He worked mainly as a panel painter and fresco painter and as a restorer in Bavarian churches, as well as a watercolor painter.
Life
Gotthard Bauer completed an apprenticeship as a painter and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . After a stay in the United States, he became the owner of a church painting company in Solln near Munich in 1930, and in 1936 he also moved his residence there. Gotthard Bauer was married and had two children.
Works
The numerous places of activity as a painter of panel paintings and frescoes include, for example
- St. Martin (Mertingen) - " Dance of Death " cycle on the parapet of the double gallery (1921)
- St. Vitus (Erlingshofen) - frescoes
- Parish Church of St. Josef, Marktredwitz - Last Supper, Stations of the Cross
- St. Johannis Cemetery Church (Tirschenreuth) - Dance of Death
During his time in the United States, he painted frescoes in
As a restorer he worked in
- Grabkirche (Deggendorf) - restoration of the largely destroyed large frescoes
- Augustinian Canons' Monastery of St. Nikola (Passau)
- Sankt-Anna-Kapelle (Passau) - exposure of ceiling frescos from the Renaissance period
literature
- Ingrid Sand: Gotthard Bauer - a Sollner painter (= Sollner booklet 86 ). inma Marketing GmbH, Munich 2016.
- Horst Ludwig (Ed.): Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries. Century (born 1871-1900) . Volume 5. Bruckmann, Munich 1993. ISBN 3-7654-1805-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, Gotthard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shovel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 29, 1976 |
| Place of death | Munich |