Johann Christof Haas

Self-portrait around 1800

Johann Christof Haas (born December 27, 1753 in Reutte , † September 5, 1829 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) was an Austrian painter . He is one of the most important representatives of the classicism of the Tyrolean Ausserfern .

Haas was born in Reutte in Tyrol in 1753 as the son of a small trader . After attending the parish school there , he became a student of Franz Anton Zeiller , who took him to South Tyrol on assignments . As he distinguished himself through his eagerness to teach, he received a scholarship from the Reutten merchant Jakob Mang Amann after the early death of his parents to train as a painter in Italy . After the death of his patron, Haas was supported by the sisters Johanna and Franziska von Strelle .

After returning from Italy, Haas mainly painted in the vicinity of his home town for church furnishings . Some of his works are exhibited today in the museum in the Green House in Reutte.

His life path is largely unknown.

In 1829 Haas died in the Katharinenspital in Schwäbisch Gmünd, impoverished and single.

Works (selection)

• The washing of Christ's feet by Mary Magdalene , 1780.
• The capture of Jesus in the deanery church St. Petrus and Paulus , Breitenwang (1780/90).
• Saint Florian , picture in the high altar , Florian Chapel in the Kög, Reutte (1780).
• Ceiling fresco in the chapel of Bad Kreckelmoos, Breitenwang.
• Crucifixion group in St. Leonhard in Schwäbisch Gmünd- Hussenhofen (1816).

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  The washing of the feet of Christ by Mary Magdalene

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  Ceiling fresco in the Kreckelmoos chapel

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Haas, Johann Christoph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 103 ( digital copy ).
• Franz Bauer: Personalities, School and Education, Health and Buildings . In: Reutte. 500 Years of Markt 1489–1989 , Marktgemeinde Reutte (ed.), Innsbruck 1989, p. 162.
• Klaus Wankmiller: Johann Christoph Haas (1753 - 1829). A "Scholar" by Franz Anton Zeiller, in: Extra Verren - Yearbook of the Museum Association of the Reutte District 6 (2011), pp. 133–157. ISSN 1992-0261.

Web links

• Johann Christoph Haas - a classical painter