Jakob Huwyler II.
Jakob Huwyler II. (Also: Jakob Huwiler II. , Born August 30, 1867 in Sursee ; † April 27, 1938 in Ruswil ) was a Swiss painter. He worked in Germany for a long time.
Life
Jakob Huwyler II was a son of the painter Jakob Huwyler I. He began his training at the arts and crafts school in Lucerne ; later a scholarship from his home canton enabled him to continue his studies with Friedrich Fehr and Schmid-Reuti in Munich . He created and restored frescoes in churches in Lower Franconia , Munich and the Allgäu . He created four large wall paintings on the four seasons in Wiggensbach . He left a representation of the Lord's Supper after Deschwanden in a chapel in Vollingen near the Treib .
In 1933 he moved from Munich to Ruswil. In the last years of his life he also created many paintings in churches in Switzerland, including in Grossdietwil , Grosswangen , Ruswil, Rüediswil and Sursee. In addition to frescoes, he also created portraits.
Jakob Huwyler's younger son Willy also became an artist.
Works (selection)
- St. Gallus (Wurmlingen) : two ceiling frescoes (1896)
- St. Peter and St. Paul (Benningen) : St. Cäcilia at the organ , gallery painting (1903/04)
- St. Mauritius (Stein im Allgäu) : ceiling fresco in the nave and a mural (1903)
- Holy Spirit (Durach) : Annunciation , fresco on the vestibule (1906)
- St. Andreas (Gremheim) : Birth of Christ , fresco in the nave (1908)
- Franciscan Church (Füssen) : Saint Francis , ceiling painting on the left long wall (1911)
- Birth of Mary (Traubing) : Assumption of the Virgin , ceiling fresco (1916)
- St. Elisabeth (Ebratshofen) : Jacob's fight with the angel of Yahweh , Saint Elisabeth as advocate of the parish Ebratshofen , frescoes, stations of the cross (1922)
- St. Johannes Baptist (Attenkirchen) : The baptism of Jesus and John preaching in the desert , ceiling frescoes (1926)
- St. Georg (Ingenried) : Assumption of Mary , nave fresco, and the divine virtues , round choir painting (1933)
- St. Christina (Kulmerau) : St. Christina protects Kulmerau , ceiling fresco, Agnus Dei , choir picture, St. Wendelin and St. Xaver , side altar paintings (1934)
literature
- Huwyler, Jacob II . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 185 .
Web links
- Huwiler, Jakob (II.). In: Sikart
- Jakob Huwyler's catalog of works at www.willyhuwiler.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakob Huwiler II. At www.willyhuwiler.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huwyler II, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huwiler, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sursee |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1938 |
| Place of death | Ruswil |