Johann Petz
Johann Petz (born May 16, 1818 in Lermoos , † March 7, 1880 in Munich ) was an Austrian sculptor who worked in Munich .
Life
Johann Petz was the son of a border guard. After an apprenticeship as a carver with Augustin Scharmer in Wildermieming, he went to Munich, where he became a student of the sculptor Konrad Eberhard and came under the artistic influence of the sculptors Joseph Otto Entres and Joseph Knabl . On October 13, 1837, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts for the subject of sculpture. After another activity in Konrad Eberhard's studio, he set up a sculptor's workshop in Munich.
Johann Petz, who was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art , worked mainly for church clients in old Bavaria and Bavarian Swabia as well as in the Austrian Mühlviertel . In addition, he created several grave monuments, including for the Görres family and the Munich theologian Heinrich Klee . Some of his works, which he created in the style of historicism , are no longer preserved.
Works (selection)
- Parish church St. Jakob in Cham : three altars, pulpit and stations of the cross (1848-1852)
- Arnschwang : interior of the church (1854-1856)
- Parish church of the Assumption in Vilsbiburg : high altar, cross altar, four side altars, pulpit and stations of the cross (1855–1866)
- Schlägl Abbey in Upper Austria: high altar for the Maria Anger Church, which was closed since the Josephine reforms and reopened in 1857
- Church in Taufkirchen vorm Wald: three neo-Gothic altars (1857)
- Seeon abbey church : interior of the abbey church
- Münchner Frauenkirche (Munich) : Relief of a Last Supper (1859)
- Kraiberg near Reicholzried : Statue of Our Lady for the Marienkapelle (around 1851)
- Isen Collegiate Church : high altar in neo-Romanesque style (1860)
- Church in Riedering : altars and other furnishings
- St. Oswald (Knottenried) : statue of Maria von La Salette (1877)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Petz (sculptor) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 150 ( digitized version ).
- Hyacinth Holland : Petz, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 35 f.
- Association for Christian Art in Munich: Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary . Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1910, p. 67
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 02591 Johann Petz, Matrikelbuch 1809-1841, http://matrikel.adbk.de/05older/mb_1809-1841/jahr_1837/matrikel-02591 (accessed on 19/06/09)
- ↑ Johannes Ramharter: The sculptures of the Schlägl monastery. Schlägl 1998
- ↑ www.pg-dietmannsried.de (Internet Archive) ( Memento from July 15, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petz, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor who worked in Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lermoos |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1880 |
| Place of death | Munich |