Gregor Lederwasch IV

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Gregor Lederwasch IV (born June 18, 1727 in Tamsweg , † June 18, 1792 ibid) was an Austrian painter and geometer from the Salzburg family of painters Lederwasch .

Life

Gregor Lederwasch IV was a son of Gregor Lederwasch III . Gregor IV's sons were Gregor Lederwasch V , Seraphin Lederwasch and Johann Lederwasch .

Gregor IV was a student of his father Gregor Lederwasch III and, like his ancestors and descendants, was sacristan of the pilgrimage church of St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg . As a painter and geometer he had so many commissions that he soon ceded the office of sacristan to his son. As an engineer, Gregor Lederwasch played a key role in the measurement of the Leopoldskron moss necessary for drainage , and in doing so acquired the title of a princely engineer .

Works

Carinthia
Salzburg
  • 1754 ceiling medallion St. Modestus preaches to the Gentiles in the subsidiary church of St. Laurentius in Althofen
  • 1765/1768 fresco St. Augustine on the west facade, wall painting in the nave, ceiling fresco Coronation of Mary in the choir, in the branch church St. Augustin in Sankt Margarethen im Lungau
  • 1769 canvas painting Last Supper , canvas painting driving out the devil , 15 pictures of the stations of the cross in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Mariapfarr
  • 1770 7 oval images of the apostles on the triumphal arch in the branch church Herz Jesu in Sankt Michael im Lungau
  • 1775 frescoes on and in the chapel at Kirchbichl near Mariapfarr
  • 1775 altarpieces in the parish church of Tamsweg
  • Pictures of the hospital church in Tamsweg
  • Fresco King David, Fresco Holy Family, at the sacristan's house in Tamsweg
  • Facade painting on the town hall in Tamsweg
  • Wall painting in the Unterberg parish church
Other
  • Fresco of the church in Lend (1760)
  • Ceiling fresco of the Ebenthal church (1766)
  • Fresco in the Sommersalettl and barrel paintings in Spital am Pyhrn (1770) and tabernacle of the church of St. Egidi (branch church of Murau)
  • Frescoes of the castle chapel Schloss Moosham (1775)
  • Altarpiece of the Capuchin Church in Pettau (1775)
  • Image of St. Notburga in the Church of St. Barbara (1791)
  • 14 Capuchin Saints and Ecce Homo in the Tamsweg Capuchin Monastery (not preserved)
  • Side altars and pictures of the Capuchin Church in Murau
  • 5 pictures of the passion of Jesus and 12 apostles in the Schöder chapel near Murau
  • Altarpiece of the Scheifling Palace Chapel
  • Altar paintings of the Maria Saal church

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptismal Register - TFBIII | Tamsweg | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Death book - STBII | Tamsweg | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved December 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lederwasch, Gregory IV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Tamsweg
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1792
Place of death Tamsweg