Johann Böhme (sculptor)
Johann Böhme: Angel playing the harp (today without harp), 1654, from the prospectus of the organ of St. Wolfgang in Schneeberg, destroyed in 1945 ( Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz )
Johann Böhme , also Johann Böhm (born February 18, 1595 in Hartenstein (Saxony) , † 1667 in Schneeberg ) was a German sculptor .
Life
After training in Magdeburg , he worked in a sculptor's workshop in Schneeberg in the Ore Mountains . His students include his son Johann Heinrich Böhme and Melchior Barthel .
Works
Johann Böhme created several tombs in Schneeberg , Zwickau and the surrounding area as well as several altars for Protestant churches in the Upper Ore Mountains. Are known from his workshop u. a .:
- around 1640: Engel, today in the Municipal Museum in Zwickau
- 1653: Crucifix in the Church of Our Lady in Neustädtel (Schneeberg)
- 1653: Altar (and pulpit?) In the church in Großolbersdorf
literature
- Gerd-Helge Vogel : Johann Böhm and his clients. In: Gerd-Helge Vogel (Ed.): SOLI DEO GLORIA. Johann Böhm (1595-1667) and the West Saxon art of sculpture between Mannerism and Baroque . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2018, pp. 55–85, ISBN 978-3-86732-268-3 .
Web links
- Angel figure from the Schneeberg workshop of Johann Böhme, around 1640 , Kunstsammlungen Zwickau
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boehme, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bohm, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1595 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartenstein (Ore Mountains) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1667 |
| Place of death | Schneeberg |