Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder
Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder (born November 7, 1643 in Innsbruck ; † July 3, 1729 there ) was an Austrian architect.
Gumpp, son of the architect Christoph Gumpp , shaped Innsbruck's Maria-Theresien-Strasse (including the Palais Taxis, Troyer, Trapp and the Spitalskirche ) and the now profaned Ursuline Church on the Innrain with the construction of aristocratic palaces based on the Italian model . Its facades are decorated with stucco , friezes or masks and lead to the high baroque . His sons Georg Anton and Johann Martin Gumpp were the third generation of Gumpp architects in Innsbruck.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Gump also Gumpp (artist family) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 32 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Heinz von Mackowitz: Gumpp, Johann Martin d. Ä .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 309 ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Gumpp, Johann Martin the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1643 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1729 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |