Johann Georg Schauberger

Johann Georg Schauberger (* around 1700 in Vienna , † 1751 in Brno ) was an Austrian sculptor , plasterer and painter of the late Baroque who worked in Moravia .

Life

The life data are unclear or not proven. The year of death is also given as 1744. Only the data from the Olomouc archives are saved. Johann Georg Schauberger was the son of Georg Schauberger from Vienna and was born around the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1725 he became a master craftsman in Olomouc on August 16 and a citizen of the city on August 20. On November 26th, 1725, she married Anna Theresia, the daughter of the Olomouc sculptor Johann Sturmer . Together they had a son, Franz Karl. There is also evidence of brief ownership of a house at Böhmengasse 13 in 1728 in Olomouc. Around 1730 he moved to Brno.

plant

Like most Moravian sculptors of his time, Schauberger was influenced by the Italian style of Baldassare Fontana . In addition to Olomouc, his works can be found primarily in the South Moravian region and in Brno.

• Statue at the Caesar fountain , Oberring, Olomouc (1725), fountain by Wenceslaus Render
• Statue of St. Florian , Olomouc (1728)
• Interior of the Loreto Chapel , Minorite Church, Brno (1734)
• Ecce Homo Altar , St. Jacob Church , Brno (around 1735)
• High altar , Jesuit Church of the Assumption, Brno (1735)
• Angel figures , Church of the Annunciation and St. Thomas, Brno
• Figures in the pilgrimage church of the Birth of Mary , Wranau
• Equipment of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary , Holleschau
• Stucco work in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary, Kwassitz

Further plants in Doubravník , Mährisch Trübau , Wessely an der March .

photos

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  Julius Caesar, Olomouc

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  St. Florian, Olomouc

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  Loreto Chapel, Brno

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  St. Jacob's Church, Brno

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  High altar of the Jesuit Church, Brno

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  Angel figures, Church of the Annunciation and St. Thomas, Brno

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  Pilgrimage Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Wranau

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  St. Clement, Wranau

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  St. Wolfgang, Wranau

literature

• Annals of Austrian Literature, ed. by a society of domestic scholars , volume 15. Anton Doll, Vienna 1810, p. 544.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schauberger, Johann Georg . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 29th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, p. 124 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Franz Vallentin (art historian):  Schauberger, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 735.
• Julius Röder: The Olomouc artists and artisans of the baroque. Verlag der Heimatblätter for the Olomouc language island and the Oder Mountains, Olomouc 1934, p. 125.

Web links

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