Hans of Bruneck

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Hans von Bruneck or Johannes von Bruneck was a painter from what is now South Tyrol , who was probably active from 1390 to after 1440. His name was preserved through an inscription on frescoes , which one of his students created in 1441 in the Jakobskirche in Tramin and in which he pays tribute to the master.

Style and influence

The work of Hans von Bruneck stands at the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance in South Tyrol. The influence of Italian art is noticeable. After Bruneck was granted market rights in the 14th century, it became a stopover for goods from Augsburg to Venice . With increasing prosperity, more and more painters settled in the region, who today are grouped around Hans von Bruneck as the Pustertal painting school and who, coming from the traditional Bohemian influence, now show a new Italian style.

Like the works of the master of St. Sigmund , the paintings by Hans von Bruneck were probably known to the subsequent painter Michael Pacher , one of the most famous painters in the Puster Valley , who ran a well-known workshop in Bruneck from around 1460.

Successor to Hans von Bruneck

A student of Hans von Bruneck, the painter Ambrosius Gander from the Jaufental (active 1430 to 1465), created well-known wall paintings in Tyrol . So he painted the sacristy, the so-called Koburg Chapel, in Gufidaun and created a cycle of frescoes in the Jakobskirche in Kastelaz , on which the appreciation of the master is preserved. He also made frescos in Mühlbach in the parish church of St. Helena.

Works (selection)

Several frescoes in Tyrol are attributed to Hans von Bruneck, for example B.

It is not uncontested that Hans von Bruneck was also active in neighboring regions outside of Tyrol. These works may also be works from his workshop.

Johannes Gihnig?

The surname of Hans von Bruneck may have been Gihnig or Gilanig or Gilamig, according to different reading of the indistinct characters of the inscription.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ z. BT Webhofer: Master Johannes von Bruneck . In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 62 (1982) pp. 141–226
  2. ^ Italian Giovanni di Brunico , see MM Dell'Antonio: Maestro Giovanni di Brunico , In: Bollettino d'arte del Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, X 1928, pp. 489-513
  3. ^ Nicolò Rasmo : Johannes von Bruneck and Ambrosius Gander . In: Contributions to art history and monument preservation - W. Frodl on his 65th birthday. Vienna 1975, pp. 182-189
  4. ↑ W. Pippke, I. Leinberger: Dumont art travel guide South Tyrol: Landscape and art of a mountain region under the influence of northern and southern European traditions . Ostfildern 2010, p. 89
  5. ^ F. Reichmann: Gothic wall painting in Lower Austria . Vienna 1925
  6. ^ E. Theil: St. Jakob in Kastelaz near Tramin (Laurin art guide 19). Bolzano 1978
  7. ^ (Austrian) Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture, Section IV: Culture Report 2006. Vienna 2006, p. 146.
  8. ^ E. Theil: Spitalkirche in Sterzing (Laurin art guide 15). Bolzano 1971, p. 17
  9. ^ K. Eller: Gothic wall paintings by Hans von Bruneck in the pilgrimage church Maria Neustift near Pettau in Slovenia? . In: Der Schlern , 72.1998,2, pp. 125–126
  10. ^ E. Theil: St. Jakob in Kastelaz near Tramin (Laurin art guide 19) . Bolzano 1978
  11. ^ Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol . Volume I: Eisacktal, Pustertal, Ladinien. 2nd edition, Innsbruck 1951
  12. ^ E. Egg: Art in the South Tyrolean Unterland . Bolzano, 1988
personal data
SURNAME Hans of Bruneck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES John of Bruneck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Painter from what is now South Tyrol
DATE OF BIRTH before 1390
DATE OF DEATH after 1440