Johann Anton Morath

Johann Anton Morath , baptismal name: Antonius Morath (born January 3, 1718 in Staufen ; † September 5, 1783 in St. Blasien ) was a German baroque painter .

Pilgrimage church Todtmoos, ceiling fresco

Life

He learned from the famous church painter Franz Joseph Spiegler . From 1749 he was self-employed. His main work is the painting of the pilgrimage church St. Landelin in Ettenheimmünster . From 1762 Johann Anton Morath was court servant of the St. Blasien monastery .

Various lithographs are ascribed to him, particularly from the Klettgau area , but these come from another artist, the son of Joseph Anton Morath , the lithographer Johann Martin Morat from Stühlingen . Alois Senefelder did not invent lithography until 1798.

Works

Frescoes by Johann Anton Morath in the pilgrimage church of St. Landelin, Ettenheimmünster

1737 red chalk drawing, (Adoration of the Shepherds) in St. Paul
after 1748 Bad Krozingen castle chapel , ceiling fresco
1749 Todtmoos Priory , ceiling picture Esther von Assuerus von in the upper hall
1752 side altar sheet St. Joseph in Tunsel
1752 ceiling painting of the former Hartkirche St. Georgen near Freiburg
1752–1754 (with and under Franz Joseph Spiegler), Fridolinsmünster in Bad Säckingen
1754–1759 Dillendorf parish church , ceiling fresco
1755 altar sheet Weilheim
around 1762 Bürgeln Castle
1764 to 1765 St. Landelin pilgrimage church, Ettenheimmünster
1766 to 1767 side altar leaves church in Hohberg-Hofweier near Offenburg
probably between 1767 and 1770 the sundial at the district court of St. Blasien (not secured)
1771 to 1772 Schwanau-Ottenheim parish church, altar leaves and Bernhard von Baden as ceiling painting
1770 to 1778 Todtmoos pilgrimage church
1779 canvas paintings for the church in Hohberg-Hofweier near Offenburg

Appreciation

A street is named after him in his home town.

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes Stecher: The restoration of the parish and pilgrimage church "Our Lady of Dillendorf". In: Heimat on the Upper Rhine. Yearbook of the district of Waldshut 7, 1983, pp. 146–151, here p.?.
^ Hermann Brommer , in: Hugo Schnell: Todtmoos in the Black Forest. Parish and pilgrimage church. Art Guide No. 661. 5th edition. Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1995, p.
↑ Johannes Stecher: The restoration of the parish and pilgrimage church "Our Lady of Dillendorf". In: Heimat on the Upper Rhine. Yearbook of the district of Waldshut 7, 1983, pp. 146–151.
↑ to Ettenheim Munster

personal data
SURNAME	Morath, Johann Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Morath, Antonius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH	Staufen
DATE OF DEATH	September 5, 1783
Place of death	St. Blasien

[1] Johannes Stecher: The restoration of the parish and pilgrimage church "Our Lady of Dillendorf". In: Heimat on the Upper Rhine. Yearbook of the district of Waldshut 7, 1983, pp. 146–151, here p.?.

[2] Hermann Brommer , in: Hugo Schnell: Todtmoos in the Black Forest. Parish and pilgrimage church. Art Guide No. 661. 5th edition. Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1995, p.

[3] Johannes Stecher: The restoration of the parish and pilgrimage church "Our Lady of Dillendorf". In: Heimat on the Upper Rhine. Yearbook of the district of Waldshut 7, 1983, pp. 146–151.

[4] to Ettenheim Munster