Johann Adam Karinger

Johann Adam Karinger (also Johann Adam Kharinger ; * before 1690; † 1742 ) was a stonemason and stone sculptor .

Life

Karinger, who presumably came from Tyrol , is documented in 1716 in Silesia . After he passed the master's examination in Breslau and acquired citizenship , he founded a stonemason and sculpture workshop there. Together with well-known baroque artists, he mainly worked on Jesuit buildings. In addition to sculpting, he also created foundations and wall cladding.

Works (selection)

Wroclaw
- Nepomuk monument at the Kreuzkirche based on a design by Christoph Tausch (1730–1732, together with Johann Albrecht Siegwitz and Johann Georg Urbansky )
- Elisabethkirche , epitaph for Johann Georg von Wolff based on a design by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1720–1722, together with Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff and Samuel Pardinski)
- Ceslaus Chapel in the St. Adalbert Church: carvings on the sarcophagus and altar (together with Georg Leonhard Weber and Urban Rauscher)
- St. Vincent Church : Conversion of the Marienkapelle into a mausoleum for the Premonstratensian Abbot Ferdinand v. Hochberg based on a design by Christoph Hackner (1723–1727 together with Johann Albrecht Siegwitz and Ignaz Albrecht Provisore, among others)
- Trinity Church ( monastery and hospital of the Brothers of Mercy ): stone carvings (1714–1722)
Wroclaw Cathedral
- Marble pulpit based on a design by Jesuit Christoph Tausch (1723; together with Johann Georg Urbansky)
- Elector's Chapel, mausoleum of Bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg : stone carving (together with Johann Blasius Peinter and Kaspar Herberg)
Briese , stone carving for Schloss Briese
Glogau , former Jesuit church Corpus Christi ( now parish church St. Nikolaus ): stone carvings; Jesuit college: sculptural portal decoration (1716)
Radziunz near Trachenberg , parish church of St. Karl Borromäus: stone carvings (1727–1735; foundation of Countess Marianne von Hatzfeld)

literature

Karinger, Johann Adam . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 559 .
Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , pp. 54, 66, 189, 301f., 798, 1038 f., 1041, 1055, 1059, 1068 and 1071.

Individual evidence

↑ Alwin Schultz: VII. Analects for the Silesian Art History . In: Journal of the Association for History and Antiquity of Silesia . tape 10 , Book 1, 1871, I. Documentary evidence - 1. Stonemasons, bricklayers - builders, sculptors, p. 132–138, here pp. 136–138 , 15 About the construction of the electoral chapel… and 16 By the master builder Christoph Hackner… ( opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Karinger, Johann Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kharinger, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Stonemason and stone sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1690
DATE OF DEATH	1742

[1] Alwin Schultz: VII. Analects for the Silesian Art History . In: Journal of the Association for History and Antiquity of Silesia . tape 10 , Book 1, 1871, I. Documentary evidence - 1. Stonemasons, bricklayers - builders, sculptors, p. 132–138, here pp. 136–138 , 15 About the construction of the electoral chapel… and 16 By the master builder Christoph Hackner… ( opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de ).