Johann Michael Wittmer
Johann Michael Wittmer (born October 15, 1802 in Murnau am Staffelsee , † May 9, 1880 in Munich ) was a German painter from the Wittmer family of painters from Murnau, who belonged to the German Romans . His paternal ancestors are directly descended from the sculptor Joseph Witwer from Imst in Tyrol (the original spelling of the name "Witwer" was then changed to "Wittmer" in Murnau).
Life
He studied until 1828 a. a. with Peter von Cornelius at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and then went to Rome , which was the focus of his life and work until the end of his life. Here he was a member of the board of directors of the Arch Brotherhood of Campo Santo Teutonico alongside Clemens August Alertz , Friedrich Overbeck and others . During one of his trips home, he died in Munich in 1880.
Wittmer was influenced by the work of his father-in-law Joseph Anton Koch . His favorite motifs initially included not only religious but also mythological themes and Dante's “ Divine Comedy ”; from the end of the 1840s he shifted almost entirely to Christian motifs, which he executed in the style of the Nazarenes .
Around 1860 he created the epitaph for the painter August Wilhelm Julius Ahlborn (1796–1857) in the Campo Santo Teutonico cemetery.
Works (selection)
- Wall painting in the "Turkish Room", Hohenschwangau Castle
- Frescoes, Santa Maria dell'Anima Church , Rome
- Frescoes, parish church St. Arsatius , Ilmmünster
- Frescoes, parish church St. Nikolaus , Murnau
- Aesop sits on a column above a spring and tells the people fables , Murnau Castle Museum
- Resting at a fountain , 1866, Murnau Castle Museum
- Temple of Zeus in Athens , 1833
Publications
- Rome. A guide through the Eternal City and the Roman Campagna , 1866 (with Wilhelm Molitor)
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Wittmer, Johann Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 645-649.
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : Wittmer, Johann Michael . In: New general artist lexicon . 1866
- Brigitte Salmen: Johann Michael Wittmer (1802-1880). Studies of life and work . Dissertation, University of Passau 2007 ( full text )
Individual evidence
- ^ Albrecht Weiland: The Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome and its grave monuments. Volume I , Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1988, ISBN 3451208822 , p. 371.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Michael Wittmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Exhibition in Murnau 2006
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wittmer, Johann Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittmer, Johann Michael the Elder J .; Wittmer, Johann Michael II. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1802 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Murnau am Staffelsee |
DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1880 |
Place of death | Munich |