Hans Jacob Greiter
Hans Jacob Greiter (* before 1605 in Brixen ; † after 1634) was a Tyrolean painter. He is also called with the names Hans Jacob Greutter, Hans Jakob Greutter, Hans Jacob Gereitter or Hans Jacob Greitter in the literature.
Live and act
Greiter initially worked as a wandering church painter in the region around Brixen. He signed six scenic murals on the legend of St. Leonhard in 1609 in the Church of St. Leonhard in Laatsch . Since almost all of the frescoes and altars he painted are in the Vorderrhein region , it is assumed that Greiter lived there as well. Although he was already living in the Mannerist period, his painting style was still largely Gothic . He was only committed to the Renaissance in ornament painting.
The additive components of Gothic elements, including curved figures, creases and tapes, and the Nordic Renaissance are characteristic of Greiter. The spatial effect faded into the background and did not determine the image. He painted in strong, radiant, but little graded colors. His late work in the 1630s is still caught in the schemes of the Gothic winged altars. The last known work by Hans Jacob Greiter is the high altar picture in the branch church of the Holy Trinity in Alvaneu (Graubünden) with the motifs of the coronation of Mary and the saints of the plague ; it was signed in 1634.
literature
- Sabine Russ, Matthias Kunze: Greiter, Hans Jacob. In: General Artist Lexicon. = Artists of the World. AKL online. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2004ff., ISBN 978-3-598-41800-6 , Doc-ID: 00080976T3.
Web links
- Paola von Wyss-Giacosa : Greutter, Hans Jakobe. In: Sikart (as of 1998)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greiter, Hans Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greutter, Hans Jacob; Greutter, Hans Jakob; Gereitter, Hans Jacob; Greitter, Hans Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tyrolean painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1634 |