Johann Marggraff
Johann Evangelist Marggraff (born April 10, 1830 in Altomünster , † March 10, 1917 in Munich ) was a German architect of historicism and representative of the Munich magistrate .
Life
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Johann Marggraff was the son of the beer brewer of the same name from Kühbach . On April 20, 1850 , he enrolled in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He then studied architecture at the building school of the art academy , which was directed by Ludwig Lange , and passed the drawing teacher examination in 1853. After a practical activity and two years as a drawing teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich, he worked until 1874 as a teacher in the architecture class of the vocational training school. He had been self-employed as an architect since 1863 and also maintained the “Atelier for Christian Art”, which specialized in the interior decoration of churches, palaces, castles and secular buildings. The latter included the representation hall of Munich's New Town Hall .
Along with Joseph Elsner , with whom he worked on joint projects, Marggraff was one of the busiest architects in southern Bavaria. He received numerous orders for his interior fittings from other European countries, but also from America, Asia and Australia. Together with the history painter Wilhelm Hauschild , he was involved in commissions in Silesia .
Johann Marggraff was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art and held numerous offices. I.a. he was chairman of the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association and was a member of the diocesan art committee. As the municipal representative of the Munich magistrate, he was a member of the building committee.
Joseph Marggraff (* 1872), a son of Johann Marggraff, had been with his father's company since 1897 and continued to run it after his death.
literature
- Association for Christian Art in Munich (Hrsg.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, pp. 160–161.
- Marggraff, Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 89 .
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Individual evidence
- ^ The exhibition catalog Thomas Buscher (1860–1937). Bavarian realism between neo-gothic & neo-baroque. Hallstadt 2007, p. 25, gives the year of death 1917. Exact date of death: Registration form PMB M 41, Munich City Archives.
- ↑ matrikel.adbk.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marggraff, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marggraff, Johann Evangelist (full name); Marggraf, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Architect and owner of a studio for Christian art; Community representative of the Munich magistrate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altomünster |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1917 |
| Place of death | Munich |