Johann Paterer

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Johann Paterer (born May 12, 1712 in Dölach, Hopfgarten municipality in Defereggen ; † May 18, 1785 in Lienz ) was a Tyrolean baroque sculptor .

life and work

Guardian angel in the parish church of St. Andrä, Lienz (around 1760)

Johann Paterer received his training from the master sculptor Mathias Schranzhofer in Innichen . He then spent years of traveling and apprenticeship in Venice and Trento , two centers of baroque sculpture. In Venice he was  influenced by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini's sphere of activity , in Castione near Trento he worked in the sculpture workshop of Cristoforo Benedetti . In 1738 he returned to Lienz, where he was granted citizenship, married and quickly received numerous commissions, among other things due to his training in Italy.

Paterer is considered to be one of the most important late Baroque sculptors in south-eastern Tyrol, he created religious sculptures for churches throughout East Tyrol, but also in South Tyrol and Carinthia, around 270 figures are known. From around 1760, his sculptures show classicist tendencies. He is particularly known for his guardian angel processional figures, which he created for several churches according to a similar scheme. A child standing on a globe is protected by an angel who seems to hover over him. The eye-catching design is achieved through a solid wooden board on which the figures are mounted and metal rods that run invisibly through the entire sculpture from the globe to the figure of the child and into the arm of the angel. These figures, which were carried during the processions on the Guardian Angel Festival (October 2), were often imitated.

Works (selection)

Statue of St. Andreas, Deanery Parish Church Sillian
  • High altar, parish church Hermagor , 1749
  • Statues Petrus and Paulus on the right side altar, parish church Matrei in Osttirol , around 1750
  • Guardian angel in suspension, parish church of St. Andrä , Lienz, around 1760
  • Statues of the apostles, Sillian deanery parish church , around 1760
  • Statues of saints on the high altar, St. Ulrich parish church, Lavant, 1768
  • Figures on the pulpit, Maria Schnee pilgrimage church , Maria Luggau, around 1770
  • Putti on the pulpit, parish church Toblach , 1774
  • Figures Maria, Johannes and Maria Magdalena under the crucifix by Hans Klocker , relief sacrifice of Abraham in the top, right side altar, parish church St. Andrä, Lienz, 1775/1776
  • four angels and the good shepherd on the pulpit roof, parish church Matrei in East Tyrol, around 1784
  • High altar statues St. Barbara and St. James d. Ä., Radfeld branch church
  • High altar statues St. Bonaventure and St. Karl Borromeo, Franciscan Church , Innichen
  • High altar statues Peter and Paul and top relief God the Father, Ainet parish church
  • Crucifixion group on the right side altar, Lind im Drautal parish church
  • Färberkreuz, Lienz (attributed to)
  • Figure group St. Nepomuk, Nepomukstöckl, Matrei in Osttirol (attributed to)

Web links

Commons : Johann Paterer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fingernail-Grüll, Wiesauer: Wegkreuz, Färberkreuz. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Guardian Angels - processional figures of Johann Paterer in East Tyrol (around 1750) cultural area Tyrol
  3. ↑ a b c Meinrad Pizzinini: Lienz - Parish Church of St. Andrä. Schnell, Art Guide No. 444, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 4th revised. Edition, Munich / Zurich 1981
  4. ↑ a b Victoria Lahner: The parish church of Toblach. In: Toblach Dobiacco Info No. 3, September 2015, pp. 21–23 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ a b Meinrad Pizzinini: Matrei / Osttirol. Schnell, Art Guide No. 971, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 2nd revised. Edition, Munich / Zurich 1980
  6. ↑ Ludwig Tavernier (ed.): Tyrolean exhibition streets: Baroque & Rococo. Ed. Charter, Milan 1995, ISBN 88-8158-017-9 ( digitized in the Google book search)
  7. ↑ Reinhard Weidl: The churches of Rattenberg. Christian Art Centers in Austria, No. 564, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2014 ( online )
  8. ↑ Fingernail Grüll, Wiesauer: Niche shrine hl. Johannes Nepomuk, Nepomukstöckl. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Father, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH Dölach, municipality of Hopfgarten in Defereggen
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1785
Place of death Lienz