Johann Michael Fischer (sculptor)
Johann Michael Fischer (born September 23, 1717 in Veitshöchheim ; † March 27, 1801 in Dillingen an der Donau ) was a German sculptor. He should not be confused with the Bavarian architect Johann Michael Fischer from Burglengenfeld (1692–1766).
Life
Fischer was a student of Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera in Würzburg. During his wanderings he also learned the stucco technique. In 1746 he married the daughter of the sculptor Stephan Luidl (1684–1736), who died in 1736, and in 1746 took over his workshop in Dillingen. He soon became the leading sculptor in the region. According to Benno Gantner, his artistic breakthrough was the furnishing of the study church of the Jesuit University of Dillingen on the Danube. He created figures of saints, altars, pulpits and entire interior fittings in 53 Swabian churches; secular works are not known of him. The Jesuits also gave him jobs outside of Swabia. The transition from baroque to classicism is noticeable in Fischer's figures. In Oberelchingen the depictions of Peter and Paul still have strong folds, while the robes of Benedict and Scholastica are "calmed down"; in Eggelstetten (1789), the church patroness Margarethe has all the expansive draperies gone.
His funerary inscription tells that he was a member of the city council and the vigilante group in Dillingen an der Donau.
Works (selection)
- Mönchsdeggingen , monastery church , cross altar, 1747
- Steinheim an der Donau near Dillingen, Heiligkreuzkapelle, altar, around 1750
- Dillingen, Jesuit Church ( Study Church of the Assumption ), altars and pulpit, 1755–1760
- Pulpit design, private property, around 1755–60
- Bergen near Neuburg , parish church Heilig-Kreuz , 1758–60
- Violau , pilgrimage church of St. Michael , side altars, around 1760–63
- Ingolstadt , St. Maria de Victoria , high altar, around 1763
- Edelstetten parish church , complete furnishings, around 1765
- Schöntal an der Jagst, monastery church , high altar, 2 side altars, 1773
- Dillingen an der Donau, bridge figure St. Nepomuk, at Donaustraße 1
- Steinheim, Parish Church of the Purification of Mary , high altar, 1776–77
- Parish Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf am Lech , high altar, 1781
- former Benedictine monastery church of St. Peter and Paul in Oberelchingen , altars, 1774 and 1785–86
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life picture on the homepage of the Veitshöchheim community , accessed on April 16, 2017
literature
- AK Bavarian Rococo Plastic: From Design to Execution. Munich 1985, p. 247.
- Benno C. Gantner, Friedrich Kaeß: Johann Michael Fischer (1717–1801). A baroque sculptor in Swabia. Munich 2001.
- Franz Xaver Portenlänger: The baroque artistic activity of the Kaisheim monastery. Speyer 1980.
- Peter Volk : Rococo plastic. Munich 1981, pp. 95-96.
photos
Sculpture of St. Anna in the Church of Our Lady in Kicklingen
Altar sculptures of the Church of Our Lady in Kicklingen ( Zacharias , virgin with child, St. Joseph)
Main altar of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Waldkirch
Pulpit of St. George's Church in Westendorf
Detail of the pulpit of the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Dillingen on the Danube
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Johann Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veitshochheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1801 |
| Place of death | Dillingen on the Danube |