Johann Friedrich Glocker

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Johann Friedrich Glocker (* 1718 in Tübingen ; † 1780 there ) was a painter from Württemberg . He lived mostly in Tübingen. He also spent several years of his life in Heidelberg .

Life

Johann Friedrich Glocker was the eldest son of the painter Johann Glocker . From him he also learned the painting trade. He grew up in Tübingen. When Johann Glocker moved from Tübingen to Heidelberg in 1735 due to a lack of orders, he took his son with him, who was also his apprentice. He continued with his father in 1741/42 with the Lords of Sternenfels in Ochsenburg ( Oberamt Brackenheim , today district of Heilbronn ), which is indicated by an epitaph he painted later (1745) for Ludwig Berthold von Sternenfels. After several years of absence he probably returned to his hometown, but he also worked in the wider area. In 1749 he also worked on furnishing the Lusthaussaal in Stuttgart. In 1754 he painted a cycle of paintings on the gallery of the parish church in Wolfschlugen . From the same year 1754 he also worked in Ludwigsburg Palace . His life is practically unexplored.

Wolfschlugen Church, interior to the southwest with a gallery decorated with pictures by Johann Friederich Glocker.

The paintings on the outside of the gallery parapet of the parish church in Wolfschlugen are considered to be Johann Friedrich Glocker's main work. There are a few rare motifs among the paintings: depictions of the Ascension with two angels referring to Christ's second coming , and Martin Luther with the goose.

Johann Friedrich Glocker had three sons who became painters. They all died relatively young:

  • August Friedrich Glocker (1752–1792)
  • Johann Glocker (1754–1783)
  • Johann Carl Eberhard Glocker (1756–1785)

More famous works

  • 1745 Painted epitaph for Ludwig Berthold von Sternenfels and his wife in the church of Ochsenberg
  • 1754 Cycle of 31 paintings on the gallery parapet of the (Protestant) parish church in Wolfschlugen (oil on wood). Two paintings depicting central themes of Christianity are on a very small gallery in the northeast corner of the church, above the pulpit. 29 further paintings (17 on the south side and 12 on the west side) are connected with the following lettering: “Who wants us | part with the | Love of god? | Tribulation or fear | or persecution | or hunger | or nakedness | Dangerousness | or sword? | I am certain | that neither death | still life | neither angel | still principalities | still powers | neither against | still to come | Future | neither high | still deep | no other | Creature can | part us | of love | Of God in | Christ Jesus is | our Lord. | Romans 8 | Verses 35, 38, 39 ". The pictures were thoroughly restored in 1987. All pictures in detail:

  • 1 crucifixion of Christ

  • 2 Resurrection of Christ

  • 3 Moses

  • 4 The Fall

  • 11 King David plays the harp

  • 13 baptism of Jesus

  • 14 Transfiguration of Jesus

  • 16 Ascension Day

  • 17 Paul

  • 18 Martin Luther

  • 19 Peter

  • 24 John

  • 26 Jesus

  • 30 Simon

  • 31 Philip

  1. Crucifixion of Christ
  2. Resurrection of Christ
  3. Moses
  4. Fall of Man
  5. Cain kills Abel
  6. Sacrifice of Isaac
  7. Rescue Lot and his daughters from Sodom and Gomorrah
  8. Isaac blesses Jacob
  9. Jacob and the ladder to heaven
  10. Jacob's fight with the angel
  11. King David plays the harp
  12. Birth of Christ
  13. Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist
  14. Transfiguration of Jesus
  15. Institution of holy communion
  16. Ascension of Christ
  17. Paul
  18. Martin Luther with a goose
  19. Peter
  20. Mathäus
  21. Judas Jakobi
  22. Thomas
  23. James
  24. John
  25. Jesus
  26. Bartolomew
  27. James the Younger
  28. Andreas
  29. Matthias
  30. Simon
  31. Philip

Remarks

  1. ↑ Silke Schöttle: "Mahler Glocker informs in Zaichnen" , p. 16.
  2. ↑ a b bell, Johann Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 262 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). ; Year of origin of the Wolfschlugen cycle according to: 500 years church in Wolfschlugen , p. 40.
  3. ^ Adolf Schahl: From the art history of the circle , p. 425.
  4. ↑ See also: 500 Years of the Church in Wolfschlugen , pp. 38–57.

literature

  • Silke Schöttle: "Mahler Glocker informs in the Zaichnen". Traces of first drawing lessons in the 18th century . In: Artists for Students. Pictures of the university drawing teachers 1780–2012 , ed. by Evamarie Blattner, Wiebke Ratzeburg, Ernst Seidl, Stadtmuseum Tübingen 2012 (= Tübingen catalog no. 94), ISBN 978-3-941818-13-2 , pp. 13-23.
  • Bell, Johann Friedrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 192.
  • 500 years of the church in Wolfschlugen , ed. by the Evangelical Church Community Wolfschlugen, compiled by Dieter Schenk, Wolfschlugen 1998, pp. 38–57 ( digitized version ).
  • Werner Fleischhauer : Baroque in the Duchy of Württemberg (= publication of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg ). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p. 282
  • Adolf Schahl: From the art history of the circle . In: Hans Schwenkel (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch des Kreises Nürtingen , Vol. 1, Nürtingen 1950, p. 425
  • Bell, Johann Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 262 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

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personal data
SURNAME Glocker, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 1780
Place of death Tübingen