Johann Grissemann

Johann Grissemann (born May 15, 1831 in Imst , † June 22, 1892 in Seebarn near Harmannsdorf ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Johann Grissemann first learned from Franz Xaver Renn in Imst. From 1849 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and from 1852 the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . He traveled to Florence and Rome on a government grant . From 1860 to 1870 he lived in Innsbruck , then he settled in Imst, where he also ran a state-supported wood carving school. In 1892 he died unexpectedly in Seebarn, where he was busy restoring an altar and other work in Seebarn Castle .

Grissemann mainly created sacred sculptures and tombs in conventional forms of the then prevailing Nazarene style. His students include Hermann Klotz , Johann Piger and Christian Plattner .

Works

Right side altar of the Dominican Church in Eppan

Plaster relief Inn and Etsch , Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum , 1852
Mater dolorosa, Erler family burial site, Westfriedhof , Innsbruck, 1860
Figures of angels, Mayr's grave, Innsbruck West Cemetery, 1862
Resurrected, Gugler's grave, Westfriedhof Innsbruck, 1871
Statue of Rudolf IV , Rudolfsbrunnen , Innsbruck 1877
Trinity relief, Dreifaltigkeitskapelle Strad, Tarrenz, around 1881
Insertion of the rosary , right side altar, Dominican church Eppan , around 1885
Altarpiece, St. Vigil, Lower Maize
Herz-Jesu-Statue, Groß St. Martin , Cologne
Crossways reliefs, Altbrünnerkirche, Brno
Risen, tomb rider, Imst cemetery
Madonna and Child, Grissemann grave, Imst cemetery

literature

Heinrich Hammer : Grissemann, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 57–58 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Sculptor Grissemann. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten , August 2, 1892, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ibn

Web links

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

Imst , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

↑ 00750 Johann Grissemann , register book 1841–1884 of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich
↑ ^a ^b ^c Heinrich Hammer: The palaces and civil buildings of Innsbruck. Art history guide through the buildings and monuments . Hölzel, Vienna 1923, p. 200–206 ( tugraz.at [PDF; 1.4 MB ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Grissemann, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Imst
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1892
Place of death	Seebarn near Harmannsdorf

[1] 00750 Johann Grissemann , register book 1841–1884 of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich

[hammer-2] Heinrich Hammer: The palaces and civil buildings of Innsbruck. Art history guide through the buildings and monuments . Hölzel, Vienna 1923, p. 200–206 ( tugraz.at [PDF; 1.4 MB ]).