Johann Perger (sculptor)

Johann Perger (also Berger ; * 1729 in Stilfes ; † September 23, 1774 in Toblach ) was an Austrian sculptor at the transition from late baroque to classicism .

Life

Holy Trinity in the extract of the high altar, parish church Neustift in the Stubaital

Angel statue on the gable of the left side altar, parish church Toblach

Perger received his training from the sculptor Anton Ferner in Passeier and in Augsburg . He then lived in Tyrol and Salzburg, in 1760 he was accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . After that he was back in Tyrol as a sculptor, mainly in wood, and created numerous statues for churches, especially in the Wipptal and its side valleys. He died in 1774 while working on furnishing the parish church in Toblach. Perger's works are influenced on the one hand by the South German rococo-plastic style , on the other hand by the classicism of the Vienna Academy.

In Toblach the Johann-Perger-Straße was named after him.

Works

Statues on the high altar, parish church St. Michael , Brixen, around 1755
Statues, parish church Obernberg am Brenner , around 1760 (attributed)
High altar, parish church Schönberg in the Stubaital , 1761
Side altars, Mieders parish church , 1762
Statues on the altars, Steinach am Brenner parish church, around 1763/1765 (no longer available)
Statues, Ridnaun parish church , around 1768
Sculptures and reliefs on the high altar, Neustift parish church in the Stubaital , 1773

Statues on the side altars, tabernacle structure, reliefs on the tabernacle door and the altar hall, parish church Toblach, 1774

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Perger, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 12 f. ( Digitized version ).
Berger, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 396 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Victoria Lahner: The parish church of Toblach. In: Toblach Dobiacco Info No. 3, September 2015, pp. 21–23 ( digitized version )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Ludwig Tavernier, Eva Schubert (ed.): Tyrolean exhibition streets: Baroque & Rococo . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1995
^ Graf, Schmid-Pittl: Parish church hl. Erasmus. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 17, 2015 .
^ Gert Amann: Parish Church of St. Georg, Neustift in the Stubaital. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 1558), Munich 1986, p. 10

personal data
SURNAME	Perger, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Berger, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor at the transition from late baroque to classicism
DATE OF BIRTH	1729
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stilfes
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1774
Place of death	Toblach

[lahner-1] Victoria Lahner: The parish church of Toblach. In: Toblach Dobiacco Info No. 3, September 2015, pp. 21–23 ( digitized version )

[ausstellungsstrassen-2] Ludwig Tavernier, Eva Schubert (ed.): Tyrolean exhibition streets: Baroque & Rococo . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1995

[3] Graf, Schmid-Pittl: Parish church hl. Erasmus. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved November 17, 2015 .

[4] Gert Amann: Parish Church of St. Georg, Neustift in the Stubaital. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 1558), Munich 1986, p. 10