Johann Christian Frisch

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Johann Christian Frisch (born March 17, 1651 in Linz ; † January / June 1677 in Basel ) was a Basel sculptor and carpenter of Austrian origin.

He came from a family of sculptors and carpenters from Linz. His father was the sculptor Johannes Frisch (1628–1673 / 75). Around 1665 the family moved to Stadtamhof near Regensburg . Johann Christian Frisch came to Basel on his journeyman journey.

There he worked for the widow of Peter Würtz, had converted to the Protestant faith and in the spring of 1675 wished to marry his master, look after her children and take over the workshop. In order to achieve his intentions, he had to acquire citizenship rights in Basel in addition to the guild rights to spinning weather.

As a masterpiece, instead of the four-door cupboard prescribed in the craft regulations, he made an artful extending table, which he honored to the council after its completion in 1676 (today in the Basel Historical Museum ). Two barrel bars from the Basel orphanage (also in the Basel Historical Museum) and a cabinet that is now lost are ascribed to him as other works .

The well-known Lower Bavarian sculptor Johann Gottfried Frisch († 1732) was probably a younger brother of Johann Christian.

literature

  • CH Baer: The art monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt I. History and cityscape. Fortifications. Area and Rhine bridge; City Hall and State Archives (= Swiss Art Monuments. Volume 3). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1932.
  • CH Baer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Stadt, Vol. 3: The churches, monasteries and chapels, 1st part: St. Alban to Kartause, Basel 1941.
  • Carl Brun (Red.): Schweizerisches Künstlerlexikon , Vol. 4, Frauenfeld 1917, p. 163.
  • Peter Felder: Baroque sculpture of Switzerland (= contributions to the history of art in Switzerland; 6). Wiese, Basel 1988, ISBN 3-909158-06-4 .
  • Stefan Hess : The «Basel Council Table» by Johann Christian Frisch. Basler Kostbarkeiten 28, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-9523034-5-0 .
  • Stefan Hess / Wolfgang Loescher : Furniture in Basel. Masterpieces and masterpiece orders. Historisches Museum, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-9523034-4-3 .
  • Stefan Hess / Wolfgang Loescher: Furniture in Basel. Art and craft of the carpenters until 1798, Basel 2012; ISBN 978-3-85616-545-1
  • Paul Koelner : History of the spinning weather guild in Basel and their crafts , Basel 1931 (reprint 1970)
  • Dieter Pfister , Sabine Häberli, Astrid Kübli: Basler Möbelkunst from 1450 to 1950. Schwabe, Basel 2002, ISBN 3-7965-1893-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Huber: Basel civil rights for Johann Christian Frisch. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fresh, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sculptor and carpenter
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH before June 1677
Place of death Basel