Johann Nepomuk Schöpf

Johann Nepomuk Schöpf (* 1733 in Prague , † 1798 probably in Graefelfing ) was a painter and etcher of the Baroque era .

Life

Schöpf learned the art of painting from his father Johann Adam Schöpf and then worked in his workshop. In 1761 he received a scholarship from the Munich court for a study trip to Rome. After his return he painted two pictures for the electoral anteroom of the Nymphenburg Palace and the paintings "Atalante", "Diogenes" and "Socrates". In 1765 he was appointed court painter to the elector and in 1770 a member of the royal art academy . In Bavaria and Transylvania he created numerous works that were influenced by the paintings of the Jesuit painter Andrea Pozzo .

Johann Nepomuk Schöpf was married to Katharina Faber from Regensburg. After a stay in Transylvania, he returned to Bavaria at the end of the 1770s and initially lived with his brother Ignaz in the parsonage in Egenburg near Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn . Together with this he moved to Graefelfing , where he presumably died.

Works (selection)

In Bavaria

• Amberg :
  • St. George's Church : High altar painting “Apotheosis of St. Georg "(1761)
  • Katharinenkirche: Altarpiece “Martyrdom of St. Katharina "(not preserved)
• Egenburg , St. Stephan parish church: frescoes in the choir and nave (1780)
• Niederdorf , parish church of St. Cyriakus, Largus and Smaragdus : ceiling fresco (1792)
• Ingolstadt , parish church of St. Moritz: painting “Marter des hl. Moritz "
• Fürstenfeld Monastery : High altar image of the Assumption of Mary ; Oil painting depicting the four church fathers; Side altar paintings “Joachim, Maria and Anna”, “St. Johann Nepomuk "and" Holy Family "
• Munich:
  • Fürstenried Castle : "Meleager and Atalante" ( after Rubens ); "The Seven Greek Emperors"; "Mary and Magdalena"
  • Bavarian National Museum : House altar from Fürstenfeld Monastery with painting "Assumption of Mary"
• Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn , St. Michael parish church: ceiling painting "Sacrifice of the Old Covenant" and "Adoration of God the Father" in the choir, "Fall of Hell" in the nave (1765–1772; together with father Johann Adam Schöpf )
• Regensburg , Stiftskirche St. Johann : Ceiling frescoes “Beheading of Johannes”, “Founding and construction of the collegiate church St. Johann” and “Jakobs Traum” (1768, not preserved); Wall frescoes with personifications of virtues (1768, partially preserved); High altar painting "Baptism of Jesus by John" (1769, preserved)
• Traunstein , Salinenkirche St. Rupert and Maximilian: Painting of the side altars (1756)
• Unterschweinbach , Filialkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt : ceiling painting "Assumption of Mary" (around 1760–1770, attributed)

In Austria

• Reichersberg Abbey : ceiling paintings in the library and in the Bavarian Hall (1771–1773)

In Transylvania

• Nagyvárad
  • Cathedral: "Assumption of Mary" and dome fresco
  • Karl Borromeo Chapel in the episcopal residence: frescoes
• Temesvar : side altars of the cathedral

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schoepf, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 31st part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1876, p. 185 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Schöpf, Johann Nepomuk . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 234-235 .
• Dehio , Bavaria II: Lower Bavaria
• Ders., Bayern IV: Munich

Web links

• The ceiling paintings in the parish church of St. Michael in Pfaffenhofen / Glonn kirchenundkapellen.de