Johann Gottfried Gutensohn
Johann Gottfried Gutensohn (baptized June 24, 1792 in Dürrenroth near Bern , † April 19, 1851 in Munich ) was a German architect of historicism .
Life
Gutensohn grew up in poor circumstances. The Gutensohns originally came from Lindau, where the large family returned from Switzerland after the death of their father and was poorly supported at the community's expense. It cannot be proven whether he received sufficient schooling. He was trained as an architect at the Art Academy in Munich. He initially worked as an assistant to Leo von Klenze , who arranged for him a royal scholarship for a stay in Rome. Gutensohn lived in Rome from 1819 to 1823, where, among other things, he dealt with the drawing of antiquities . From 1822 he published the results of this work as a book together with Johann Michael Knapp . He exhibited the etchings in an art exhibition by German artists in Rome. a. the painter Friedrich Overbeck and the sculptor Johannes Leeb were also involved.
In 1822 he was given a permanent position in the royal Bavarian building administration as court building manager. Still in Rome in 1827, together with Joseph Thürmer , he drafted plans for the Kursaal in Bad Brückenau , a health resort preferred by King Ludwig I. In 1827 he returned to Munich. In 1832 he accompanied King Otto to Greece in the hope of assuming the office of court architect, which, however, was not fulfilled, so that he returned to Munich in 1834. Hopes for building contracts in the course of the expansion of the Munich residence were also dashed, the king preferred the architects Leo von Klenze and Friedrich von Gärtner .
In the same year Ludwig sent him to Würzburg to work as a civil engineer in the government of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, a position he was reluctant to take on and from which he repeatedly tried to escape. In 1835 he was commissioned to build the Kursaal in Bad Ems , which was completed in 1839. The innovative concept developed by Gutensohn for Bad Brückenau and Bad Ems of a Kursaal architecture based on Renaissance palaces and villas in Rome was considered exemplary for the spa architecture of historicism. As part of a sideline activity that was approved at the time, he was able to plan and build three spa houses as a government official in Bad Kissingen, the so-called Westendhaus by Dr. Welsch and the spa houses of Boxberger and Dr. Balling.
From 1842 to 1844 he was a teacher at the Academy in Prague. In 1843 he was commissioned to build a church in Marienbad , which was completed in 1848. Because of constant quarrels with his superiors and because of his illness, he was retired in 1844. Gutensohn died on April 19, 1851 in Munich.
buildings
- Kursaal , Bad Brückenau , from 1827
- Bath house in the park of Weissenstein Castle , 1832
- Kursaal Bad Ems , 1835–1839
- Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Eisingen , 1836/38
- Property at Untere Marktstrasse 12 , Bad Kissingen , 1837–38
- Property at Bismarckstrasse 24 , Bad Kissingen, around 1840
- Property at Martin-Luther-Strasse 3 , Bad Kissingen, around 1840
- Marienkirche , Marienbad , 1844–1848
Fonts
- with Johann Michael Knapp: Monuments of the Christian religion or collection of the Christian churches of Rome. Rome 1822-1827. Also: The basilicas of Christian Rome. With 50 copper plates. Munich 1843.
- Collection of monuments and decorations of architecture in Rome from the 15th and 16th centuries. Rome / Dresden 1836–1832.
- Comparative considerations about railway systems and their operation by locomotive and horse power. Munich 1845.
literature
- Ewald Wegner : Research on the life and work of the architect Johann Gottfried Gutensohn (1792-1851) . Frankfurt 1984
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Good son, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect of historicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 24, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dürrenroth near Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1851 |
| Place of death | Munich |