Johann Conrad Buchau

Johann Conrad Buchau , also Hans Conrad Buchau (* before 1682 in Dresden , † after 1703 in Görlitz ) was a German architect and sculptor .

Life

Johann Conrad Buchau was a cousin of Abraham Conrad Buchau . He received training and in family sculpture in Dresden, where he then worked as an employee. Around 1680 he moved to Görlitz. On October 8, 1689, the city of Görlitz granted him citizenship. He worked as an architect in Stolberg Castle in the Harz Mountains . Buchau created the stairwell there and precisely defined the artistic line and the decoration with sculptures. He left other works in Görlitz, Kohlfurt and Naumburg am Queis .

Works (selection)

Johann Conrad Buchau created the prospectus in the Görlitz parish church of St. Peter and Paul in the years 1697–1703.

• 1682–83: Sun organ, organ prospectus, parish church of St. Peter and Paul , Görlitz
• 1692: Altar in the church of Kohlfurt (Polish: Węgliniec)
• 1692–1694 altar for the church in Naumburg am Queis (Polish: Nowogrodziec)
• 1694: Confessionals for St. Peter's Church in Görlitz
• until 1703: Council stalls and organ carvings on the prospectus for St. Peter's Church in Görlitz
• Castle chapel in Stolberg / Harz: Figures of Johannes and Moses , angels with the banner embossed from copper and "Jehovah", wreath of clouds with the inscription Yahweh

literature

• Erwin Hintze : Buchau, Johann Conrad . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 175 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Sigfried Asche : Three families of sculptors on the Elbe. Publisher RM Rohrer, Vienna / Wiesbaden 1961.
• Gerlint Söder: Buchau, Johann Conrad . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 661.