Johann Jacob Eybelwieser

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Johann Jacob Eybelwieser: Excerpt from a depiction of the Twelve Apostles in St. Jakob in Breslau (1726)

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser (* around 1667 in Vienna or Wroclaw, † 4. January 1744 in Breslau ) was a in Silesia acting Baroque painter of Austrian origin.

biography

Eybelwieser was the son of the painter Hans ( Johann ) Jacob Eybelwieser from Vienna, who was accepted into the Breslau painters' guild on December 16, 1679 and soon afterwards became a master.

It is not known whether Eybelwieser was born there in Vienna or after his father's arrival in Breslau. He is said to have been a student of Michael Willmann and a member of his workshop. On February 4, 1698, he married Anna Elisabeth Lehmann, widow of the miniature painter Bernhard Josef Lehmann, in Glatz . In the same year he acquired the master's license in Wroclaw.

Eybelwieser created numerous church paintings, the compositions of which bear witness to Willmann's strong artistic influence. He was a respected portrait painter and had close ties to the Order of the Brothers of Mercy . Many of his drawings and designs have been preserved in museums.

The date of his death is not known. He was buried on January 4, 1744 in Breslau.

Works for churches (selection)

  • Kamenz Monastery : cycle on the life of St. Norbert (1711)
  • Wroclaw, monastery and hospital of the Knights of the Cross with the red star : frescoes Apotheosis of the Holy Cross (around 1715)
  • Bad Landeck , Georgskapelle: Dome fresco with scenes from the life of St. Georg ( attributed on the basis of the drawings preserved in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett )
  • Münsterberg , parish church St. Georg: Altar painting finding the cross
  • Breslau, Adalbertkirche : ceiling fresco of the chapel of St. Ceslaus of Breslau (1725)
  • Jauernig , Cemetery Church of the Holy Cross: Stations of the Cross painting (1730)
  • Breslau, Convent of the Brothers of Mercy: Sts. Wenceslaus , John of God and Last Supper (1732)
  • Teschen : St. Joseph (1737; for the Brothers of Mercy )
  • Schweidnitz , parish church of St. Wenceslas: saints of the Jesuit order; Christ and Our Lady

Works in museums (selection)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Eybelwieser, Johann Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eybelwieser, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna or Breslau
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1744
Place of death Wroclaw