Johann Anwander
Johann Anwander (born February 7, 1715 in Rappen, today Unteregg municipality , Unterallgäu district ; † November 16, 1770 in Lauingen , Dillingen district on the Danube ) was a German rococo painter and fresco artist .
life and work
Anwander was the head of a family of artists that included Johann Baptist Anwander . He was born the son of a farmer and probably received his education in Ottobeuren or Mindelheim monastery . In 1740 he married Maria Franziska Seser, the daughter of the Lauingen councilor Johann Kasper Seser. As early as 1739 he acquired the civil rights of Lauingen. The house that Anwander bought still exists today at Herzog-Georg-Straße 21, in the immediate vicinity of the Schimmelturm. Between 1740 and 1764 Maria Franziska gave birth to twelve children, only three of whom were older.
Anwander worked at times mainly in the area of the ore monastery of Bamberg . His works, paintings and frescoes can be seen in more than 50 churches in southern Germany. One of his most famous works is the painting of the facade of the old Bamberg town hall , which has now been lost . The monumental ceiling paintings in the former Dominican church in Schwäbisch Gemünd (today largely destroyed) are also highlighted in the literature . Two larger representations are ascribed to him for the former Benedictine Abbey of Scheyern : “Birth of Christ” and “Handover of St. Cross particles to the Abbot 1156 ”.
Works
- 1737 (early work) frescoes, altarpieces and panels in the parish church of St. Quirin in Ammerfeld in Rennertshofen
- 1738 The oil painting of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (1738), the main altar sheet from 1740 and the two side altar sheets from 1743 in the Catholic pilgrimage church of St. Leonhard am Ried
- 1752/1753 The large-format Stations of the Cross in the Catholic parish church of St. Martin, also in Lauingen
- 1755 painting of the facade of the old Bamberg town hall (destroyed, around 1960 repainted by Anton Greiner ).
- 1750 Way of the Cross of the Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in Memmelsdorf .
- 1755 painting "Farewell of the Apostles" for the side altar of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Memmelsdorf.
- 1758 The frescoes in the Catholic parish and pilgrimage church Maria Immaculata in Schwennenbach
- 1760 frescoes in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Deisenhofen
- 1762 The frescoes in the Golden Hall in Dillingen
- 1767 The frescoes in the Catholic parish church of St. Michael in Lutzingen
- ? The holy grave of Baunach in Franconia
- ? Ceiling painting in the pilgrimage church in Unterkochen
- ? The ceiling painting of the Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul in Peterswörth
- ? Painting of the Augustinus Church in Schwäbisch Gmünd
literature
- Franz Friedrich Leitschuh : Anwander, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 20–21 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Johann Anwander . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 4, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-598-22744-2 , p. 477.
- Gert von der Osten: A drawing by Johann Anwander. In: Berlin museums. Vol. 57, no. 4, Grote, Berlin 1936, pp. 62-88.
- Anton Merk: Johann Anwander (1715–1770): a Swabian Rococo painter. University, Philos. Fak., Diss. A, Munich 1982 (dissertation, 1975).
- Julius Schöttl: The Swabian Baroque painter Johann Anwander (1715-1770). In: Yearbook of the historical association Dillingen an der Donau. 54, 1952, pp. 177-208.
- Julius Schöttl: On the work of the baroque painter Johann Anwander von Lauingen (1715–1770). In: Yearbook of the historical association Dillingen an der Donau. 64/65, 1962/63, pp. 88-94.
- Hartmut Müller: Sermon in color: late baroque frescoes by Johann Anwander and Joseph Wannenmacher in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Photos by Johannes Schüle (= Gmünder art books. 3). Einhorn-Verlag Dietenberger, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1984, ISBN 3-921703-60-3 .
- Willigis Eckermann: The Augustine reception in the baroque frescoes by Johann Anwander (1715–1770) and Johann Baptist Enderle (1724–1798). In: Studia Augustiniana historica. Article: Iconografía agustiniana. Inst. Historicum Augustinianum, Rome 2001, ISBN 84-95745-05-4 , pp. 145-170.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Anwander in the catalog of the German National Library
- Essay
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anwander, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rococo painter and fresco artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1715 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rappen, today the municipality of Unteregg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1770 |
| Place of death | Lauingen |