Johann Georg Greiff

Johann Georg Greiff (* around 1693 in Hörmannsberg (today in Ried , Aichach-Friedberg district ); † September 28, 1753 in Munich ), also Johann Georg Greif , was a German baroque sculptor .

Left side altar of the Gautinger Frauenkirche, 1743

Greif joined Andreas Faistenberger's workshop as a student around 1708 . In 1718 he obtained citizenship in Munich and was accepted into the guild. Among the most important works of the sculptor, who avoided turning to the Rococo from 1725 onwards , the sculptures in the Bürgersaalkirche and the Heiliggeistkirche in Munich are among the numerous altars .

Works

Angels at the high altar of the Holy Spirit Church in Munich

1730: Angels at the high altar of the Heiliggeistkirche in Munich
1737: Housing of the organ of the former Cistercian monastery church of St. Mary's Assumption in Fürstenfeldbruck
1743: Left side altar of the Frauenkirche in Gauting

Wooden Passion Pictures in the Bürgersaalkirche in Munich
Choir stalls of the parish church St. Peter in Munich
Altar figures of the Catholic branch church St. Martin in Unering

literature

Adolf Feulner : Munich Baroque Sculpture . Riehn & Reusch Buch- und Kunstverlag, Munich 1922, pp. 13–15 and Appendix p. 3.

Web links

Commons : Johann Georg Greiff - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Wolf Kunold, Johannes von Bonhorst: Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady . Katholisches Pfarramt St. Benedikt (Ed.), Peda-Kunstführer No. 593/2005, Gauting 2005, ISBN 3-89643-593-0 , p. 13.

personal data
SURNAME	Greiff, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Greif, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hörmannsberg (today to Ried (near Mering) )
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 1753
Place of death	Munich

[1] Wolf Kunold, Johannes von Bonhorst: Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady . Katholisches Pfarramt St. Benedikt (Ed.), Peda-Kunstführer No. 593/2005, Gauting 2005, ISBN 3-89643-593-0 , p. 13.