Widower (artist family)
Widower was a Tyrolean family of artists who produced a number of well-known painters and sculptors in the 17th and 18th centuries. The family originally came from Imst .
Members
- Joseph Witwer († February 1758 in Imst), sculptor
- Jakob Witwer (born July 13, 1679 in Imst, † March 1758 in Imst), sculptor (son of Joseph Witwer)
- Joseph Georg Witwer (born December 11, 1719 in Imst; † January 15, 1785 in Imst), sculptor (son of Jakob Witwer)
- Joseph Anton Witwer (born November 21, 1751 in Imst; † February 8, 1794 in Imst) sculptor (son of Joseph Georg Witwer)
- Josef Klemens widower (born November 23, 1760 in Imst; † October 28, 1808 in Imst), sculptor (son of Joseph Georg Witwer)
- Hartmann Witwer (* 1774 in Imst; † July 9, 1825 in Lemberg), sculptor in Lemberg (son of Joseph Anton Witwer)
- Johann Georg Witwer (* 1739 in Imst, † 1809 in Imst), painter (great-grandson of the sculptor Joseph Witwer)
Works (selection)
Many works by the Witwer family can be found today, mainly in the sacred area:
- Biberwier , parish church St. Josef (works by Joseph Witwer)
- Parish church Steeg (Christ on the scourge column by Jakob Witwer; all high altar sculptures as well as Christ as Risen from Joseph Georg Witwer)
- Bichlbach , Parish Church of St. Laurentius (pair of angels at the high altar by Jakob Witwer)
- Elbigenalp , war memorial (Maria and Johannes Evangelist by Jakob Witwer)
- Parish church St. Leonhard im Pitztal ( St. Peter and James at the high altar by Joseph Georg Witwer).
- Parish church Lermoos , lower church (Passion figures of Jakob and Joseph Georg Witwer)
- Parish church Flirsch (works by Joseph Georg Witwer around 1746/50)
- Dormitz , pilgrimage church (high altar sculptures by Joseph Georg Witwer around 1751/53)
- Parish church Ischgl (all sculptures by Joseph Georg Witwer around 1756)
- Parish church Elmen (high altar sculptures by Joseph Georg Witwer around 1774)
- Parish church See (pulpit by Joseph Georg Witwer around 1760)
- Roppen , Markus Chapel (altar figures attributed to Georg Witwer)
- Hägerau , Expositurkirche St. Sebastian and Rochus (high altar figures by Joseph Clemens Witwer)
- Übersaxen , Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
- Mals , Parish Church of the Assumption
literature
- Josef Mair and Herbert Wittmann "The sculptures of the artist family Witwer im Ausserfern", in: EXTRA VERREN 2013 (Yearbook of the Museum Association of the Reutte District), pp. 73–124.
- Gert Ammann : The Tiroler Oberland , Salzburg 1978.
Web links
Commons : Witwer - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
