Heinrich Matthäus Lohe
Heinrich Matthäus Lohe (born July 2, 1675 in Hof , † May 17, 1762 in Hof ) was a German painter .
As the son of Heinrich Andreas Lohe , Heinrich Matthäus Lohe continued the family tradition of the Hof painters family in the second generation. He was also a court attorney and geometer . In St. Lorenz he made the portrait of Magister Adam Nik. Meyer and two votive pictures with a large number of precisely worked out depictions of clergy against a landscape background. He completed a similar picture, begun by his father, for the hospital church and carried out other similar work there. Further works of art can be found in Gattendorf , Birk and Pilgramsreuth . Several times he painted works in the Knoll art workshop .
literature
- Ernst Dietlein : Chronicle of the city of Hof. Church history. Hof 1955, p. 345.
- Hans Hofner : Hof as a power center of the fine arts . Hof 1955. pp. 72-83.
- Karl Sitzmann : artist and craftsman in Eastern Franconia . Kulmbach 1957, p. 350f.
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| SURNAME | Lohe, Heinrich Matthäus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1675 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | court |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1762 |
| Place of death | court |