Johann Joseph Imhoff (the elder)

Johann Joseph Imhoff (the elder) (born April 9, 1739 in Cologne ; † April 13, 1802 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

The St. Peter , St. Apostles Church, Cologne

The statue in Düren (monument no. 1 / 055j)

Johann Joseph Imhoff came from the important Cologne sculptors - ("picture bakers") - family Imhoff. He was the second child of the woodcarver Alexander Wilhelm Imhoff (* 1689 in Loan ( Westphalia ); † 1760 in Cologne ) and the brother of Anton Imhoff.

Johann Joseph Imhoff made late baroque wooden figures that were exhibited on the side altars of Cologne Cathedral : The statuettes of Saints Anthony and Patroclus burned on May 30, 1942 during the bombing of Cologne .

He also created the sculptures for the high altar of the St. Gregorius im Elend church in Cologne . In 1761 he created the statue of St. Peter on the south side of the west crossing in the St. Aposteln Church , as well as the altars of the Church of St. Maria in the Kupfergasse in Cologne. From 1789 to 1798 he was involved in the refurbishment of the Gross St. Martin church in Cologne, carried out under Ferdinand Franz Wallraf , in which he used the braid style extensively .

A statue of Johann-Joseph Imhoff is located as a memorial in the Protestant cemetery in Kölnstrasse in Düren .

Johann Joseph Imhoff had four sons: Franz Xaver Bernard Imhoff (* 1766; † 1824), Peter Joseph Imhoff (born July 13, 1768 in Cologne; † December 20, 1844 there), Nikolaus Imhoff and Anton Joseph Imhoff (* 1784; † 1836). Johann Joseph Imhoff ran a workshop for burned audio works with his sons.

His grandson Johann Joseph Imhoff (the younger) (* 1796, † 1860) created the tomb of his father Peter Joseph Imhof in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne in 1844 .

literature

Johann Jakob Merlo : Imhoff . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 56.
Imhoff (family of sculptors) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 578 .
Peter Bloch : Imhoff. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 154 f. ( Digitized version ).
Ulrich S. Soénius : Kölner Personenlexikon . Ed .: Jürgen Wilhelm. Greven Verlag, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 607 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Imhoff (family of sculptors) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 577-578 .
↑ romanische-kirchen-koeln.de: St. Aposteln - Interior - Hl. Petrus , accessed on October 30, 2018
↑ Peter Bloch: Imhoff. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 154 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Imhoff, Johann Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Imhoff, Johann Josef the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 9, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 13, 1802
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Imhoff (family of sculptors) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 577-578 .

[2] romanische-kirchen-koeln.de: St. Aposteln - Interior - Hl. Petrus , accessed on October 30, 2018

[3] Peter Bloch: Imhoff. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 154 f. ( Digitized version ).