Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger , also "Feuchtmeyer", "Feuchtmayr", "Feichtmair" or "Feichtmayr" (* 1709 in Haid , near Wessobrunn ; † June 4, 1772 in Augsburg ), son of Michael (* 1667) from the artist family Feuchtmayer , was a sculptor and plasterer at the Wessobrunn school . Often together with his brother Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder , but also with Johann Michael Fischer , Johann Joseph Christian and Franz Joseph Spiegler , he worked on some of the most important church buildings on Oberschwäbische Barockstrasse .
His work in the Ottobeuren basilica deserves special mention .
Works (selection)
- 1737–1766: Ottobeuren - Abbey Church (stucco)
- 1739: Dießen am Ammersee - Marienmünster Dießen (Stuck)
- 1741–1747: Zwiefalten - Münster of Our Lady (stucco)
- 1743–1744: 1751 (after partial collapse of the ceiling in 1750): Fiecht - Abbey Church of St. Josef together with FX d. Ä.
- from 1743: Stuccoing of the baroque monastery church of Münsterschwarzach
- around 1745: Amorbach - Abbey Church (high altar and side altars)
- 1747–1750: Würzburg - Pilgrimage Church of Käppele (Visitation of the Virgin Mary) (stucco)
- around 1750: Wilhering - Collegiate Church of the Assumption of Mary (stucco)
- around 1750: Seeon im Chiemgau - Church of St. Nikolaus (Benedine monastery St. Lambert; stucco)
- 1751: Bad Säckingen - Fridolinsmünster (Stuck)
- 1751–1753: Anastasia Chapel in Benediktbeuern Monastery
- 1753–1755: Haigerloch - Church of St. Anna (stucco and design of the side altar)
- 1755: Bruchsal - interior of the Bruchsal Castle (stucco)
- 1755: Stucco work in the Zehnthof chapel in Nordheim am Main
- around 1760: Bad Staffelstein - Basilica Vierzehnheiligen (stucco work on the altar of grace) together with FX d. Ä.
- before 1763: Sigmaringen - parish church of St. Johann Evangelist (altars)
literature
- Norbert Lieb: Feichtmayr, Johann Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 54 ( digitized version ).
- Ralf Scharnagl: The plasterer Johann Michael II Feichtmayr from Wessobrunn (= Oktogon Volume 13). Lit, Münster / Hamburg 1993; At the same time: Dissertation, University of Mainz 1991 under the title: Johann Michael II Feichtmayr and his workshop , ISBN 3-89473-668-2 .
Web links
Commons : Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ "After the War of the Austrian Succession", ie 1749 at the earliest, the completion of the stucco work begun by Franz Josef Holzinger was transferred to Feuchtmayer and Johann Georg Üblhör , s. Stift_Wilhering .
- ↑ Rott, Hans; Bruchsal: Sources on the art history of the castle and the episcopal residence city - Heidelberg, 1914
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feuchtmayer, Johann Michael the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feuchtmayr, Johann Michael the Younger; Feichtmair Johann Michael the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Rococo plasterer and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1709 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haid near Wessobrunn |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1772 |
| Place of death | augsburg |