Johann Kaspar Sing
Johann Kaspar Sing: Coronation of the Virgin Mary , altarpiece of the high altar in Bad Schussenried , 1717
Johann Kaspar Sing (* 1651 in Braunau am Inn ; † February 16, 1729 in Munich ) was a Bavarian painter and Bavarian court painter to the electoral prince .
Life
Johann Kaspar Sing is listed in the master painter book of the electoral city of Munich. In 1698 he acquired the citizenship of Munich , later he was appointed Bavarian court painter to the electoral prince. He created numerous religious paintings, among others. for churches in old Bavaria , Swabia and Switzerland . Frequent clients were the Jesuits . His students included u. a. his nephew Franz Joseph Spiegler as well as A. Schwarzhuber and FJ Winter.
According to a marriage entry in the Munich parish church To Our Lady , he was married there on February 19, 1680.
Works (selection)
- Altötting , former Jesuit Church St. Magdalena: two side altar paintings (1712)
- Amberg , Jesuit College: Scenes from the life of Mary
- Braunau , Stadtpfarrkirche: Altarpiece in the Michaelskapelle
- Braunau: Parish church Braunau-Ranshofen : high altar picture
- Burgrain , St. Georg Castle Chapel: high altar and side altar paintings
- Incorrectly assigned: Dorfen : Paintings in the conference room of the town hall with Old Testament and Christian themes
- Eichstätter Dom : Altar painting Penitent Magdalena
- Einsiedeln , Confessional Church: St. Magdalena (1682)
- Freising Cathedral : Painting Conversion of Pauli
- Herrieden , former collegiate church, now St. Veit parish church: high altar painting
- Ingolstadt , Spitalkirche Heilig Geist : Altar painting Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
- Innsbruck , Jesuit Church: painting St. Ignaz
- Katscher , parish church St. Thomas: high altar painting
- Kempten , collegiate church: painting of the red marble altar
- Landau , Stadtpfarrkirche: high altar painting of the Assumption of Mary (1713)
- Landshut , St. Martin : Altar painting guardian angels and angels carry the corpse of St. Katharina to heaven
- Munich, Theatine Church : St. Johann Nepomuk
- Munich, Heilig-Geist-Kirche : main altar painting Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (1697)
- Oberaltaich , Klosterkirche : paintings of the four evangelists and the four church fathers
- Passau Cathedral : Adoration of Sts. Three Kings (1697)
- Rotthalmünster , parish church : high altar image of the Assumption of Mary
- Solothurn , Jesuit Church: painting of the side altars
- Straubing , Guardian Angel Church: high altar and side altar paintings
- Vilshofen , parish church of St. John the Baptist : high altar painting of St. Nicholas (1719)
- Wertach : High altar painting Escape to Egypt
literature
- Sing, Johann Kaspar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 87 .
- Reclam's art guide Bavaria. Stuttgart 1956, ISBN 3-15-008055-X , pp. 35, 442, 469, 841, 899, 945.
- Dehio Handbook Munich and Upper Bavaria. Darmstadt 1990, pp. 28, 168, 486.
- Dehio Lower Bavaria. Darmstadt 1988, pp. 276, 505, 699.
Web links
Commons : Johann Kaspar Sing - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ In the Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland Silesia . Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 445, the East Bohemian Braunau is mistakenly given as the place of birth .
- ↑ Florian Tempel: Fake news about pictures in the town hall of Dorfen. ( sueddeutsche.de ).
- ↑ Dehio : Bavaria I: Franconia. Special edition Darmstadt 1979, p. 365.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sing, Johann Kaspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sing, Johann Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian painter and Bavarian court painter to the electoral prince |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1651 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunau am Inn |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1729 |
| Place of death | Munich |