Johann Josef Auer

Johann Josef Auer (* 1666 in Sipplingen ; † December 4, 1739 in Jestetten ) was a German sculptor and wood carver of the Baroque era .

Life

Johann Josef Auer was born in Sipplingen on Lake Constance. From 1707 he can be traced in Jestetten, where he married Maria Sutter (* December 27, 1666; † May 5, 1746) of Jestetten on April 26, 1714. They had no offspring.

At the time of the emerging baroque churches, Johann Josef Auer was active in numerous church buildings in his area. Numerous works could be ascribed to the hitherto little known artist.

Works (selection)

• 1707: Rheinau monastery church , tower portal; Coat of arms and tablet in sandstone
• 1707–1711: Lottstetten, parish church; Main and side altars
• 1711–1713: Rheinau, monastery church; Fintan and Basilius altars
• 1714: Bühl; two trumpet angels
• 1715: Dettighofen, St. Antonius Chapel; Bust statues: St. Catherine, St. Agatha, St. Barbara and St. Elisabeth
• 1715: Rheinau monastery church; Font (wood)
• 1716: Jestetten, parish church; Rosary altar with statues
• 1718: Bühl parish church; Notburga altar with Notburga statue, the Notburga von Bühl
• 1719: Jestetten parish church; Statues St. Sebastian and St. John
• 1720 to 1728: Rheinau monastery church, carvings
• 1734 to 1735: Diessenhofen, St. Katharinental Abbey Church ; Stone sculptures on the outer facade: Hermit Madonna, St. Joseph and St. Dominic

literature

• Erich Danner: Life and work of the sculptor Johann Josef Auer (1666–1734). In: Landkreis Waldshut (Ed.): Heimat am Hochrhein. Volume 18, 1993, ISBN 3-87799-104-1 , pp. 119-126.
• Auer, Joh. Jos. In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 243 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erich Danner: Life and work of the sculptor Josef Auer. In: Heimat on the Upper Rhine. Volume XVII, 1993, p. 119 ff.