Johann Georg unrest

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Saint Michael (1793) from the high altar of the parish church of St. Michael in Untergriesbach (Lower Bavaria)

Johann Georg Unrest , also Unruh or Unrueh (born April 14/15, 1724 in Passau ; † October 3, 1801 there ) was a German church painter.

Unrest was born as the seventh child of the Fürstlich-Passau box host Franz Unruh and his wife Maria Katharina in Passau in 1724. He was a student of the church painter Franz Lichtenreiter . After his apprenticeship, he went to Brixen as a journeyman , where he helped Paul Troger to create the ceiling fresco in Brixen Cathedral in 1748/49 .

After his return to Passau, Unruhe made numerous altarpieces and ceiling frescoes in the Lower Bavarian region and in the Innviertel . Among his best known are the altarpieces in the churches of Breitenberg , Dommelstadl , Hutthurm , Reichersberg and Suben as well as the ceiling fresco of the New Residence in Passau.

On January 21, 1784 he was appointed councilor of the city of Passau.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Georg Unrest Church register birth entry.png Baptism entry of the German church painter Johann Georg Unruhe (Unruh)
personal data
SURNAME Restlessness, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Unruh, Johann Georg; Unrueh, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church painter
DATE OF BIRTH around April 14, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Passau
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1801
Place of death Passau