Johann Christian Feige

Altar of the Frauenkirche

Johann Christian Feige (the elder; born February 4, 1689 in Zeitz ; † February 11, 1751 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor and carver.

Feige came to Dresden around 1718 and initially worked in the sculptor's workshop with Balthasar Permoser to decorate the Dresden Zwinger . After his marriage in 1719 he worked as a freelance sculptor in Dresden. On October 30, 1728 he was granted civil rights in the city. Around 1748 he was appointed court sculptor, one of his students was Johann Joachim Kändler .

Feige created the altar of the Frauenkirche in Dresden as well as the later redesigned altar of the Resurrection Church in Plauen near Dresden. Numerous funerary monuments also come from Feige, including the one for George Bähr , the builder of the Frauenkirche.

Works (selection

1730: Baptismal font and pulpit for the town church in Radeberg
Tomb for the Dresden-Plauner Hofmüller Gäbler
1733–34: Baptismal font and lectern for the Petri Church in Freiberg
1735: Altar of the Church of the Resurrection in Plauen

1738: George Bährs tomb, Dresden

1733–39: High altar and pulpit of the Dresden Frauenkirche

Feiges sons were also sculptors:

Johann Christian Feige the Younger (1720–1788)
Johann Friedrich Feige (1726–1788)
Johann Ferdinand Feige the Elder (1733–1783). Among other things, statues by Johann Ferdinand that are set up on the main street in Dresden and the sculpture of a lying lion on the first floor of the gable of the lion pharmacy on Altmarkt, which was demolished in 1913 .

Individual evidence

↑ GOMüller: Forgotten Dresden artist; 1895; Pp. 72 to 74.
^ K. Knebel: Communication from the Freiberger Altertumsverein; Issue 34 of 1897 p. 112
^ Art in public space . Information brochure of the state capital Dresden, December 1996.
^ Fritz Löffler: Das alten Dresden , VEB EA Seemann, Buch- und Kunstverlag Leipzig, 1987, page 276

literature

Sigfried Asche: Feige, Johann Christian the Elder. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 56 ( digitized version ).
Stadtlexikon Dresden A-Z . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1994, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Feige, Johann Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Feige, Johann Christian the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and carver
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH	Time
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1751
Place of death	Dresden

[1] GOMüller: Forgotten Dresden artist; 1895; Pp. 72 to 74.

[2] K. Knebel: Communication from the Freiberger Altertumsverein; Issue 34 of 1897 p. 112

[3] Art in public space . Information brochure of the state capital Dresden, December 1996.

[4] Fritz Löffler: Das alten Dresden , VEB EA Seemann, Buch- und Kunstverlag Leipzig, 1987, page 276