Johann Evangelist Hölzl

Johann Evangelist Hölzl (also: Johann Ev .; Johann Evangelista) (* March 1716 in Dietramszell ; † October 1, 1765 in Ingolstadt ) was a Rococo painter in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.

Life

Johann Evangelist Hölzl stands out among the Ingolstadt painters of the 18th century. His parents come from Mühltal. He was baptized on March 6, 1716, so he was born shortly before or on the same day. Before 1747 he married a Margaretha Antonia, with whom he was accepted as a citizen in Ingolstadt in 1747. The marriage had five children. In 1753 he bought a house at Lebzeltergasse 2. In 1761 he was elected to the city's foreign council. He died of an illness that he contracted during the frescoing as part of the Baroque transformation of the Moritzkirche in Ingolstadt .

Two of his brothers, Andreas and Felix , were also painters; Felix was based in Straubing and is best known for the dance of death fresco cycle of 1763 in the soul chapel of the Petersfriedhof.

Works

Hölzl's strength lies in the art of portraits ; he described himself as a "portrait painter". He also created history pictures for altars and pictures of saints, all in oil on canvas. Hölzl was also a fresco artist; hardly any of his frescos have survived. His religious images can be found in a number of churches in and around Ingolstadt. The Stadtmuseum Ingolstadt owns some of his portrait paintings, others are privately owned. In 1985 the Eichstätt Diocesan Museum showed an exhibition of 12 works by Hölzl. In terms of - in some cases formerly - site-specific paintings by Hölzl, the following are known:

• Etting , parish church, altarpiece “St. Mang von Füssen “, altarpiece“ Hl. Anthony of Padua "
• Lenting , parish church, high altar painting “St. Nicholas in front of the Immaculate, the four continents paying homage to him "
• Böhmfeld , parish church, high altar picture , St. Representing Bernhard and Maria; Like the altar, it comes from the secularized Kaisheim Chapel in Ingolstadt
• Ingolstadt, parish church St. Moritz, Herz-Jesu-Bild, as well as "The Thebaic Legion"
• Ingolstadt, Franciscan Church, altarpiece
• Oberhaunstadt , parish church, extracts from the side altars, “St. Anthony of Padua ”and“ St. Aloysius "
• Mailing , parish church, altarpiece “Mantle donation of St. Martin "
• Stammham , parish church, altarpiece
• Egweil , parish church, stations of the cross
• Weichering , Antonius Chapel, altarpiece
• Neuburg an der Donau , Heilig-Geist-Bürgerpital, altarpiece
• Eichstätt, Guardian Angel Church
• Eichstätt, seminary
• Hilpoltstein , parish church, Aloysius picture
• Tegernbach near Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, parish church, Maria-Hilf-Bild
• Elsendorf (Mainburg), parish church, altarpiece

literature

• Hermann Witz: The Ingolstadt painter Johann Evangelista Hölzl († 1765) . In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History. Vol. 68 (1931), ISSN  0932-0946 , pp. 10-24.
• Hanns Kuhn: The old Ingolstadt painters (from the 15th to the 18th century). In: Collection sheet of the historical association Ingolstadt. Vol. 56 (1938), pp. 3-58; Vol. 57 (1939), ISSN  1619-6074 , pp. 87-141.
• Georg Löhnert: Unknown works by the Ingolstadt painter Johann Ev. Holzl. In: Collection sheet of the historical association Ingolstadt. Vol. 81 (1972), ISSN  1619-6074 , pp. 197-198.
• Emanuel Braun: Johann Evangelist Hölzl. A rococo painter in Ingolstadt . Diözesan-Museum, Eichstätt 1985 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, June 25 to September 15, 11985).
• Peter Leuschner: Johann Evangelist Hölzl. The forgotten Rococo painter. In: Das Bayerland , Volume 91 (1989), Issue 1, ISSN  0174-3813 , pp. 56-57.
• Laurentius Koch: The Hölzl brothers, painters from Dietramszell (Johann Evangelist, Andreas and Felix) . In: Dagmar Dietrich (edit.): Contributions to local research. Wilhelm Neu on his 70th birthday . Lipp-Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-87490-564-X , pp. 94-103.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This article was also published as a special edition.

Web links

• Lenting high altar picture