Johann Schmuzer
Johann Schmuzer (also Schmutzer , baptized May 13, 1642 in Gaispoint ( Wessobrunn ); † May 12, 1701 there ) was a plasterer and, together with Caspar Feichtmayr , is considered to be the founder of the Wessobrunn School .
Life
Johann Schmuzer was born in 1642 as the fifth child of master plasterer Matthias Schmuzer and his wife Elisabeth Rohrmoser. After his school years at Wessobrunn Monastery, he probably apprenticed to his father together with his older brothers Matthias and Michael. On February 4, 1664 he married Justina Vogler, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. Justina died in May 1674. At the beginning of 1675 Schmuzer was first mentioned in a document as a master plasterer when he married Anna Heiß. Five daughters and four sons were born in this marriage, including his successor Joseph , whose descendant was Franz Xavier . On May 12, 1701, Johann Schmuzer died probably surprisingly, because he had previously accepted larger assignments, which were then continued by his son Joseph.
Works
In his early years of work, Schmuzer divided the ceiling into geometric fields according to the principle of several schools and placed ornaments there. From about 1690 onwards he carried out his work more extensively with acanthus . He supplemented these filling acanthus ornaments with dividing bars , profile frames and fruit wreaths. He thereby connected the walls with the vault.
Johann Schmuzer made stucco works in numerous Swabian and Upper Bavarian baroque churches , but many of his stucco work was forgotten because the focus was more on the buildings. His main work is the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Vilgertshofen . 104 ecclesiastical and secular buildings could be proven to him:
- 1663 Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist in Steingaden : Baroque transformation (with father Matthias Schmuzer)
- 1670 Maria Egg pilgrimage and cemetery church in Peiting : stucco (today destroyed)
- around 1670 Princely room of the Benedictine Abbey Andechs : stucco work (probably with father Matthias Schmuzer)
- 1670–1676 Pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Ilgen near Steingaden: new building
- 1673 pilgrimage chapel on the Vesper picture in Ziemethausen near Krumbach : new building (today destroyed)
- 1673–1678 St. Coloman pilgrimage church in Schwangau : new building
- 1677–1678 Large castle in Türkheim : stucco
- 1680 Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Blood in Kappel near Unterammergau : new choir building (planned in 1667)
- around 1680 High Castle in Füssen : stucco work
- 1680–1681 Benno Chapel in Türkheim: new building (today destroyed)
- 1680–1701 Benedictine abbey in Wessobrunn: new building
- 1681 Schwaige of the Wessobrunn monastery in Abtsried near Dießen am Ammersee : new building (today destroyed)
- 1681–1688 Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in Pfreimd : new building
- 1682 Convent wing of the Premonstratensian priory in Speinshart : planning of a new building
- 1682 St. Anna Chapel in Siebnach : new building (stucco vault destroyed)
- 1682–1683 Branch church of Our Lady on the Mountain in Füssen: new building
- 1683–1685 Parish Church of St. Andreas in Nesselwang : new building (today destroyed)
- 1683–1685 St. Wolfgang parish church in Mickhausen : Baroque transformation
- 1684–1685 St. Peter's Chapel in Berghof amphia : new building
- 1684–1686 Emming Castle, St. Ottilia Chapel in Eresing : stucco work
- 1685 Herrgottsruh Chapel in Mickhausen: new building
- 1685 Church of the Assumption of Mary in Oberostendorf : choir renovation, stucco work
- 1686–1692 Pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows in Vilgertshofen: new building
- 1686–1694 Parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Ziemethausen near Krumbach: new building
- 1687 Castle chapel and hospital church in Dillingen an der Donau : Baroque transformation
- 1688 Parish Church of St. Katharina in Ettelried : reconstruction
- 1689–1694 St. Peter and Paul monastery church in Obermarchtal : stucco
- 1690–1692 Holy Cross Chapel in Schongau : new building
- 1690–1694 Parish church of St. Martin in Illerberg near Vöhringen : new building
- 1691–1692 St. Vitus branch church in Mundraching : new nave
- 1692 Füll'sche crypt chapel of the parish church St. Ulrich in Eresing : extension
- around 1692 Sacristy of the Premonstratensian Abbey in red on the red : stucco
- 1695 St. Andreas parish church in Hainsfarth : stucco work
- around 1695 ballroom and representation room in the Reichlin-Meldegg house in Überlingen : stucco ( attribution )
- around 1695 Castle in Aystetten : stucco (attribution)
- around 1695 monastery church of the Cistercian abbey Rottenmünster in Rottweil : stucco (attribution)
- 1696–1697 Maria Eich pilgrimage chapel in Erpfting : new building
- 1696–1699 Church of St. Georg in Stätzling : new building
- 1697 St. Mang monastery church in Füssen : stucco work
- 1697–1698 Church of the Holy Cross in Holzhausen near Alling : Baroque transformation
- 1697–1700 St. Wendelin pilgrimage church in Obergermaringen : new building
- 1698: Rectory in Eresing
- around 1698 St. Stephen's Church in Friedberg : new building
- 1698–1699 Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Stötten am Auerberg : Baroque transformation
- 1698–1701 St. Maria im Heuwinkl pilgrimage church in Iffeldorf : new building
- 1698–1701 Benedictine priory Hofen in Friedrichshafen : new building (destroyed)
- 1698–1701 Collegiate Church of St. Fridolin of the Freiadeligen women's monastery in Säckingen : new building (today partially destroyed)
- 1699 Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Unterwindach : reconstruction
- 1699 Franciscan monastery church in Landshut : new building (attribution)
- around 1699 St. Alban's pilgrimage church in Aitrang : new building
- around 1699 Parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Haisterkirch near Bad Waldsee : Baroque transformation
- around 1699 Parish Church of St. Johannes Baptist in Kaufering : new building
- 1699–1700 knight's hall wing of Emming Castle in Eresing : new building
- 1699–1700 Imperial Abbey of Salem in Salem : stucco work
- 1699–1701 Town hall of Landsberg am Lech : new building
- 1700 Protective mantle chapel of the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Markdorf : Baroque transformation
- around 1700 Achberg Castle near Lindau : Baroque transformation (attribution)
- around 1700 Freudental Castle in Allensbach : new building
- 1700–1701 North wing of the Tegernsee Monastery in Tegernsee : planning for the new building
- 1701 Library room of the Benedictine Abbey Neresheim in Neresheim : new building
literature
- Gabriele Dischinger: Johann and Joseph Schmuzer. Two Wessobrunn baroque master builders . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1977, ISBN 978-3-7995-5022-2 .
- Hans Joachim Budeit, Michael Petzet : Farm churches: the most beautiful village churches and chapels between the Danube and the Alps . Photographs by Hans Joachim Budeit. With texts by Michael Petzet and Burkhard Körner . Bucher, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7658-1299-4 .
- Uta Schedler: Schmuzer, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 268 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hugo Schnell , Ute Schedler: Lexicon of the Wessobrunners . Munich / Zurich 1988
- Wolfgang Winhard: Schmuzer, Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 517-519. (Entry about Joseph Schmuzer, with information and literature on the entire family)
- Klaus Wankmiller: 325 years Peterskapelle in Berghof. A gem of the Wessobrunn baroque master builder Johann Schmuzer , in: Alt Füssen - Yearbook of the Historic Association Alt Füssen (2011), pp. 118–155.
Web links
- Johann Schmuzer in sueddeutscher-barock.ch by Pius Bieri
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schmuzer. In: Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Retrieved November 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Brigitte Roßbeck, Andreas Heider: Pilgrimage Church to Our Lady in Iffeldorf. The Heuwinkl Chapel . Ed .: Parish St. Vitus, Iffeldorf a. d. Easter lakes. 1st edition. 2001, p. 8-11 .
- ^ Pius Bieri: Johann Schmuzer. (PDF; 1.08 MB) In: sueddeutscher-barock.ch. 2015, pp. 1–3 , accessed on November 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Association Wessofontanum eV (ed.): Annual publication / Wessofontanum . 1992.
- ^ Pius Bieri: Johann Schmuzer. (PDF; 1.08 MB) Works by Johann Schmuzer. In: sueddeutscher-barock.ch. 2015, pp. 4–9 , accessed on November 9, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schmuzer, Johann |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmutzer, Johann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Plasterer, co-founder of the Wessobrunn school |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 13, 1642 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wessobrunn (place of baptism) |
DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1701 |
Place of death | Wessobrunn |