Johann Rudolf Byss
Johann Rudolf Byss or Bys (born May 11, 1660 in Chur , † December 11, 1738 in Würzburg ) was a Swiss painter . Byss produced Dutch-influenced panel paintings and frescoes in the Italian Baroque .
Life
He first learned his trade from his father Frans Joseph Byss and perfected his skills on trips through Italy , Germany and England , before settling in Prague around 1689 , which he left again around 1712. Later he was commissioned by Emperor Leopold I to create ceiling and wall paintings and pictures for the Hofburg in Vienna . On behalf of Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn , he initially carried out work in the Schloss von Gaibach in 1712 or 1715 and was then entrusted with the supervision of the electoral picture gallery in Schloss Weißenstein in Pommersfelden . In 1719 he published a description of the painting collection in Bamberg , but it had various errors. After the Elector's death, he went to Würzburg , where he was involved in the pictorial decoration of the Würzburg Residence , in particular as chief court painter in the painting of the Venetian room , which was furnished from 1738 to 1741 , and which (after the fire of 1945 from rainwater that penetrated largely destroyed) ceiling paintings for the Schönborn Chapel at Würzburg Cathedral . and could enjoy the favor of a nephew of the elector.
Works (selection)
- after 1689 paintings in the Stracka Palace, Prague
- 1704, Residenzsaal and library of the Hofburg, Vienna
- 1713 Pommersfelden Castle
- 1713/18 frescoes in the entrance hall and staircase to Pommersfelden and Gaibach
- 1720 painting of the hall in Wiesentheid Castle
- 1721 Tettnang Castle (Württemberg) and Breslau (1723 ceiling painting in the staircase of the Hatzfeld Palace)
- 1729 Painting of the ceiling in the main hall of the Reich Chancellery in Vienna
- 1730/31 the summer dining room in Göttweig Abbey
- In 1734, together with a relative, the ceiling frescoes of the Altmannssaal and in 1739 the architectural paintings of the Kaiserstiege in Göttweig Abbey
- around 1734 ceiling paintings and altar frescoes of the Schönborn Chapel (Würzburg)
- 1735 Castle chapel and cabinet of mirrors in the Würzburg residence
- numerous panel paintings
Ceiling fresco in the stairwell of Weißenstein Castle
Staircase of the castle
literature
- Leo Broder: Studies on Johann Rudolf Byss 1660–1738 Solothurn. (Dissertation University of Zurich 1937) . In: Yearbook for Solothurn History . tape 38 , 1965, pp. 5–160 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-324311 .
- Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf: Byß, Johann Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 86 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Bernd M. Mayer: Johann Rudolf Bys (1662-1738). Studies of life and work . Scaneg, Munich 1994 (also dissertation, TU Berlin 1990)
- Friedrich Müller: Byss, Johann Rudolph , in: The artists of all times and peoples . 1857
- Wilhelm Schmidt: Byß, Johann Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 679.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Rudolf Byss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Bys, Johann Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Bernd Mayer: Bys, Johann Rudolf. In: Sikart
Remarks
- ↑ not in Solothurn as previously assumed, see NDB article; but he comes from an old Solothurn patrician family
- ↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 659 f. and 662 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Byss, Johann Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bys, Johann Rudolf; Byss, Johann Rudolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chur |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1738 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |