Johann Baptist Enderle

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Enderle monument in Donauwörth

Johann Baptist Enderle (born June 15, 1725 in Söflingen (today in Ulm ), † February 15, 1798 in Donauwörth ) was a German baroque painter .

Life

The teacher of Johann Baptist Enderle was his uncle, the painter Anton Enderle from Günzburg (1700–1761), who among other things created the frescoes for the parish church of St. Peter in Tapfheim around 1750 . By marrying the widow of the painter Johann Reismiller , Maria Theresia Reismiller, Enderle came to Donauwörth in 1755 and acquired citizenship there . In 1796 he married for the second time, Ursula Schiffelholz from Wörnitzstein , which is now part of Donauwörth . Two years later he died in Donauwörth.

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Ceiling painting in the Augustinian Church ( Mainz ) with scenes from the life of St. Augustine

Enderle was known for the Christian Christmas story, which he repeatedly discussed . Its representation was genre-defining , an influence on later representations of this topic in painting and crib construction can be proven.

His artistic field of activity was rococo painting , with which he masterfully enriched and designed the interiors of the churches with colorful frescoes . The coloring of his work was cheerful and of delicate restraint, through which he artfully supported and enhanced the spatial effect of the architecture. He was one of the busiest artists in his day.

His early work includes the ceiling frescoes in the church of St. Stephan in Kirchdorf , a district of Bad Wörishofen (1753) and the painting of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul zu Genderkingen (1755).

His most famous works include the fall of angels in the choir of the parish church of St. Magnus von Unterrammingen near Mindelheim in Swabia , the Adoration of the Wise Men in Oberrammingen , Mary's visit to Elisabeth and the flight to Egypt in Oberrammingen, and the return from Egypt in Allerheiligen , a pilgrimage church near Jettingen-Scheppach , Günzburg district on the Danube . The subject of study of the stories of the Holy. Family come the images of Joseph , which Jesus teaches writing, the Holy Family and the twelve year old Jesus in the Temple, all also in the Church of All Saints. In the hall church of St. Ignaz in Mainz he created the ceiling frescoes from 1773 to 1776 with scenes from the life of the namesake of the church, St. Ignatius . One of his later works was the ceiling fresco in the Augustinian Church in Lauingen .

He also created numerous works in southwest Germany, for example in 1757 he painted the altarpiece in the Antonius Chapel of the St. Luzen monastery church in Hechingen or ceiling frescoes in the Augustinian monastery in Oberndorf am Neckar .

literature

  • Karl Batz among others: The rococo painter Johann Baptist Enderle (1725–1798) from Donauwörth. Highlights of Swabian-Bavarian fresco painting . Exhibition on the 200th anniversary of death. Municipal Art Gallery, Donauwörth 1998, ISBN 3-00-003026-3 .
  • Bruno Bushart:  Enderle, Johann Baptist. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 493 ( digitized version ).
  • Karl Ludwig Dasser: Johann Baptist Enderle 1725-1798 . Dissertation, Würzburg 1965
  • Georg Paula : Notes and additions to the work of Johann Baptist Enderle (1725-1798) . In: Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese . 36th year 2002, pp. 466-482.
  • Jennifer Verhoeven et al. (Red.): Johann Baptist Enderle in Hochheim am Main. For the restoration of the frescoes in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul . (Workbooks of the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse; 13). Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2225-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Enderle, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Söflingen
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1798
Place of death Donauwörth