Jakob Jenewein

Fresco by Jakob Jenewein on the old Widum in Wengen (South Tyrol)

Jakob Jenewein (also Jennewein ; born April 30, 1713 in Mieders in the Stubaital ; † September 13, 1745 in Bulla in Val Gardena ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

Jenewein's birthplace in Mieders, the frescoes on the facade are ascribed to him.

Because he was considered physically unsuitable for farm work, Jakob Jenewein was apprenticed to a painter in Innsbruck . He soon surpassed his master and went to Rome for further training . There he met a young man in the Collegium Romanum who later became provost at Brixen Cathedral . On his recommendation, he was called to Brixen in 1731 and employed there as a court painter . He created frescoes and oil paintings, mainly for churches in Brixen and in the Stubai Valley. He died in 1745 while painting the church in Bulla by falling from the scaffolding.

Works

Stations of the Cross, Telfes parish church , 1733/34
Stations of the Cross, Brixner Dom, today in the Frauenkirche on the cloister , around 1734
Ceiling frescoes, Mieders parish church , 1739
Ceiling frescoes and sundial, St. Andreas parish church, St. Andrä (Brixen)
Altar sheet and frescoes (Way of the Cross), parish church of St. Leonhard, Bulla (municipality of Castelrotto ), 1743/45
Mariahilf fresco at Bulla's parish hall
Stations of the Cross, Old Parish Church of St. Genesius in Wengen (only remains of the wall with individual stations preserved)
Frescoes on the Weber farmhouse (Jenewein's birthplace), Mieders (attributed to)

literature

Old parish church of St. Genesius in Wengen Wall remains with individual stations of the cross of Jakob Jenewein.

Constantin von Wurzbach : Jenewein, Jacob . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 163 ( digitized version ).
von Mersi, von Pfaundler, Röggel: Contributions to the history, statistics, natural history and art of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. First volume, Innsbruck 1825, pp. 234–235 ( digitized in the Google book search)
Jenewein, Jakob . 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. 504 .

Web links

Commons : Jakob Jenewein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Eugen Trapp: Art Monuments Ladinia. Val Badia, Val Gardena, Val di Fassa, Buchenstein, Ampezzo . Istitut Ladin "Micurà de Rü" , San Martin de Tor 2003, ISBN 88-8171-044-7 , p. 104, 114, 182 ff .
^ ^A ^b Arnold, Wiesauer: Einhof, divided across, middle floor plan, Weber. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 5, 2015 .
^ Arnold, Wiesauer: Parish Church Mariae Birth. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
↑ Pfarrwidum Bulla in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

personal data
SURNAME	Jenewein, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jennewein, Jakob; Jenewein, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mieders , Stubai Valley
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1745
Place of death	Bulla, Val Gardena

[1] Eugen Trapp: Art Monuments Ladinia. Val Badia, Val Gardena, Val di Fassa, Buchenstein, Ampezzo . Istitut Ladin "Micurà de Rü" , San Martin de Tor 2003, ISBN 88-8171-044-7 , p. 104, 114, 182 ff .

[tkk_weber-2] A ^b Arnold, Wiesauer: Einhof, divided across, middle floor plan, Weber. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 5, 2015 .

[3] Arnold, Wiesauer: Parish Church Mariae Birth. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 4, 2015 .

[4] Pfarrwidum Bulla in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office