Johann Peter Herrlein

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Johann Peter Herrlein (born August 24, 1722 in Münnerstadt , † February 25, 1799 in Saal an der Saale ) was a German painter . He came from the Herrlein family of painters .

Life

Johann Andreas Herrlein's father, who came from Hammelburg , was a baker and barrel painter in Münnerstadt and from around 1732 in Kleinbardorf . From him, Johann Peter and his brothers Johann Andreas Herrlein and Andreas Herrlein received their first training in painting . After that he is said to have worked as a painter's assistant in Vienna , which cannot be documented. Of his nine children, the sons from his first marriage to Katharina Först, Johann Georg Herrlein (* 1756) and Kilian Herrlein (* 1766), also became painters. From 1749 Herrlein lived in Kleineibstadt , from where he - apart from a brief attempt in 1757 to get a job as a painter at the court in Fulda - performed all of his work before moving to Saal an der Saale shortly before his death living son Andreas moved.

Services

Johann Peter Herrlein was one of the leading artists in Lower Franconia in the 18th century. In addition to working primarily in the Catholic churches of Grabfeld , he also carried out assignments in the Protestant churches of Sondheim vor der Rhön and Herpf, then in Thuringia . Particularly noteworthy is a completely preserved Holy Grave (replica) originally made for the parish church in Kleineibstadt and now in Würzburg , which he painted in perspective in the style of illusionistic quadrature painting by Andrea Pozzo , whose writings he had studied. Streets in Bad Kissingen , Münnerstadt , Großbardorf , Schweinfurt and Saal an der Saale are named after Herrlein .

Works (selection)

Johann Peter Herrlein (Madonna with two rose petals) around 1788
  • St. Wendelin painting, Leutershausen parish church , 1742.
  • Ceiling painting, Schnackenwerth parish church , 1750.
  • Altar sheet, Parish Church Altbessingen , 1759.
  • Ceiling painting, Geldersheim parish church , 1764.
  • Way of the Cross, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, Fuchsstadt , 1764–1766
  • Holy Sepulcher Parish Church Kleineibstadt , now the art collections of the Diocese of Würzburg, 1764.
  • Parapets of the galleries, Herpf Protestant parish church , 1772/73.
  • Ceiling painting of the Ascension of Christ as well as setting of the pulpit altar, Protestant parish church St. Michael in Sondheim vd Rhön , 1775.
  • Ceiling paintings, Stadtlauringen parish church , 1787.
  • Madonna with two rose blossoms , painting, Vonderau Museum, Fulda, around 1788
  • Ceiling painting in the branch church of St. John the Baptist in Arnstein-Reuchelheim

In total, over 40 works have come down to us from Herrlein.

literature

  • Paul Lehfeldt: Architectural and art monuments of Thuringia. Volume 37 (= Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. Volume 4). Jena 1911, p. 290.
  • Hans Karlinger: District Office Hassfurt (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 4). Munich 1912, pp. 186-187.
  • Georg Lill: District Office Hofheim (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 5). Munich 1912, pp. 82 and 92.
  • Adolf Feulner: District Office Karlstadt (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 6). Munich 1912, p. 156.
  • Karl Gröber: City of Bad Kissingen and Bad Kissingen District Office (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 10). Munich 1914, pp. 109-110.
  • Hans Karlinger : District Office Königshofen (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 13). Munich 1915, pp. 18, 33, 49, 69, 112, 114, 121, 132.
  • Felix Moder / Georg Lill: City and District Office Schweinfurt (= art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria. 17). Munich 1917, pp. 108, 136, 244.
  • Sebastian Zeißner: Peter Herrlein, an 18th century church painter . In: Catholic Sunday Gazette. Würzburg, 1923, No. 28, p. 220.
  • Herrlein, Johann Peter . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 546-547 .
  • Johann Pfeuffer: Johann Peter Herrlein, a Franconian baroque painter. In: The Mainland. 10, 1954, p. 37 f.
  • Johann Pfeufer: Johann Peter Herrlein, Rubens and Reni. In: The Mainland. [Supplement to the Main Post] 7, 1956, pp. 45-52.
  • Karl Sitzmann: Artists and craftsmen in Eastern Franconia (= Die Plassenburg. Volume 12). Kulmbach 1957. 2nd edition Kulmbach 1983, pp. 244, 650.
  • Anton Schmitt : The parish church of Fulda. In: Fulda history sheets. 30, 1954, pp. 1-21.
  • Painting of little gentleman found; in: Franconian Volksblatt. Schweinfurt 1958, No. 203, from September 6, 1958.
  • Johann Pfeufer: Johann Peter Herrlein, a Franconian baroque painter. Self-published (print: Volkach), Karlburg 1966; 2nd expanded edition 1970.
  • St. Aegidius announces the autumn weather. The legend of the saint and its representation by Johann Peter Herrlein in the church in Kleinbardorf. In: Schweinfurter Tagblatt 1967, No. 200, p. 14.
  • Johann Pfeufer: Johann Peter Herrlein. A gleaning. In: The Mainland. 18, 1967, pp. 45-47 and 51-52.
  • WF: Important personalities of the grave field. Johann Josef Kessler (1711–1799). Johann Peter Herrlein (1722–1799). In: Rhönwacht 1968, pp. 61–62.
  • Ernst Kramer:  Sir, Johann Peter. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 686 ( digitized version ).
  • Erhard Galmbacher: Johann Peter Herrlein, the baroque painter of our homeland (1722–1799). In: HF 23, 1975, pp. 236, 240, 243-244, 248.
  • Heinrich Mehl: Churches and chapels in Rhön-Grabfeld. Parzeller, Fulda 1979.
  • Lieselotte Klemmer: Herrlein, Johann Peter. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 339 ( digitized version ).
  • J. Peter Herrlein made Easter grave. In: Franconian Volksblatt. 1985, No. 81, April 6, 1985.
  • “Holy Sepulcher” documents deep popular piety. In: Franconian Volksblatt. 1985, No. 81, April 6, 1985.
  • Annette Faber: St. Giles in Kleinbardorf and the art of Johann Peter Herrlein. ISBN 3-9804672-1-X .
  • Annette Faber: Johann Peter Herrlein (1722–1799). A rural art company in Franconia. Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-429-01816-1 (with a detailed catalog of works).

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personal data
SURNAME Herrlein, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Münnerstadt
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1799
Place of death Hall on the Saale