Johann Caspar Öberl

Johann Caspar Öberl , also Eberl, Eberle , Eberlin , Öberli , Öberle , (* 1700 ; † 1767 ) was a sculptor from Friedberg near Augsburg .

Life

Former workshop of the Öberls in Friedberg

Johann Caspar Öberl was born in 1700. He was the son of Bartholomäus Öberl , whose sculpting workshop, Unterm Berg No. 21, he later took over. As a young man, Öberl came into conflict with the authorities several times and spent two nights in prison. In 1728 he married Maria Theresia Gölz from Friedberg. The couple apparently remained childless. Like his father, Öberl was a local baroque sculptor whose works can also be found beyond Friedberg. The typical Öberl handwriting is even more pronounced in the son: The figures appear heavy, but moved with little playful folds. The facial features appear tart and the figures have a sharp, characteristic nose and elegant hands and feet. After his death in 1767, Johann Caspar Öberl was buried near St. Jakob in Friedberg.

Works (selection)

Figure of St. Rosalia in Holzburg

The baptismal font in St. Georg in Bachern from 1734 is considered his main work
Saint Joseph in St. Elisabeth in Adelzhausen
Palm donkey Christ from the former St. Vitus Chapel near St. Jakob in Friedberg from 1738, today in the Ducal Georgianum in Munich
Scourge Christ in St. Vitus in Bachern
Baptismal font, as well as figures of St. Anne and Mary in St. Johannes Baptist in pair
with Bartholomäus Öberl: Figures in the Salzberg chapel between Anwalting and Gibhofen ( Aichach-Friedberg district ); the originals are today in the St. Andreas branch church in Anwalting, copies in the chapel
Figures in St. Laurentius in Rinnenthal
Figures of St. Michael and St. Franz Xaver in St. Stephan in Wiffertshausen
Figure of St. Rosalia in the Maria Hilf church in Holzburg (Ried)
Crucifixion group and figure of St. Vitus in the chapel of the Holy Family in Griesbachmühle (Friedberg)
Figure of St. Johann Nepomuk in the St. Markus branch church in Rapperzell

Web links

Commons : Johann Caspar Öberl - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Irmgard Hillar in Stadt Friedberg (Ed.): Stadtbuch Friedberg . Volume 2. Friedberg 1991, ISBN 3-9802818-0-9 , pp. 628-631.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Regine Nägele: The unusual way of the palm donkey Christ . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed April 30, 2018]).
↑ Parish community Baindlkirch - Mittelstetten - Ried - branch church Holzburg, Maria Hilf. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 1, 2018 ; accessed on May 1, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Öberl, Johann Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eberl, Johann Caspar; Eberle, Johann Caspar; Eberlin, Johann Caspar; Öberli, Johann Caspar; Öberle, Johann Caspar; Eberl, Johann Kaspar; Eberle, Johann Kaspar; Öberl, Johann Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1700
PLACE OF BIRTH	Friedberg (Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH	1767
Place of death	Friedberg (Bavaria)

[:0-1] Regine Nägele: The unusual way of the palm donkey Christ . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed April 30, 2018]).

[2] Parish community Baindlkirch - Mittelstetten - Ried - branch church Holzburg, Maria Hilf. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 1, 2018 ; accessed on May 1, 2018 .