Johann Melchior Eggmann
Johann Melchior Eggmann , also Melchior Eckmann (born June 20, 1711 in Rorschach , † 1756 in Silenen ), was a Baroque painter and fresco artist .
life and work
He worked as a traveling painter in Switzerland and southern Germany. In 1746 he painted a cycle of frescoes depicting the Coronation of Mary for the Capuchin Monastery in Waldshut . In 1748 he created the ceiling painting in the summer refectory of the Augustinian monastery in Freiburg im Uechtland , and in 1751 a picture with a depiction of Saint George for the Cathedral of St. Niklaus in Freiburg im Uechtland. On January 17, 1752, he had been commissioned to produce a cycle of frescoes in the Wald monastery , but in April 1753 he fled the construction site. The reasons are not known, probably due to debts. The work was then completed by Andreas Meinrad von Ow in 1753. In 1756 he created the ceiling mirror in the choir of the parish church in Silenen.
literature
- Georg Carlen : The Rorschach baroque painter Johann Melchior Eggmann (1711-?) As a facade designer , Löpfe-Benz, 1978
- Maren Kuhn-Rehfus : The Cistercian convent forest (= Germania Sacra , new part 30, the dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Constance, volume 3 ). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York 1992. ISBN 3-11-013449-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maren Kuhn-Rehfus, The Cistercian Monastery of Wald , In: Germania Sacra, The Diocese of Constance Volume 3, pp. 28-29
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggmann, Johann Melchior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eckmann, Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baroque painter and fresco artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1711 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rorschach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1756 |
| Place of death | Silenen |