Johann Sebastian Degler
Johann Sebastian Degler (* around 1670 in Weilheim ; † June 16, 1730 in Bamberg ) was a German sculptor . He was a representative of the "Weilheim School".
Life
He came from a family of sculptors from Weilheim, which could trace its tradition back to the 16th century. With his brother Ignaz Degler , he belonged to the last generation of this family. They were the great-grandchildren of Hans Degler , who founded the sculpting tradition of this family in Weilheim.
He learned from his father Ambros Degler ; on his wanderings he was a journeyman with Johann Georg Götz in Bamberg towards the end of the 17th century. After Götz's death in 1697, he married his widow and took over the workshop in Immunität St. Gangolf. Degler died on June 16, 1730 in Bamberg without a physical heir.
At the facilities of the new residence and the White flintlock whether Pommersfelden he worked with. He is named as an artisan for the establishment of the Upper Parish in Bamberg. He carved 22 figures of angels and saints for the organ gallery of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Memmelsdorf .
His figures are often recognizable by a strong twist and are therefore also called armpit sugar.
literature
- Degler (Deckler), Sebastian . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 8 : Coutan-Delattre . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 550 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Karl Sitzmann : artist and craftsman in Eastern Franconia. Kulmbach 1983, p.
- Claudia Däubler-Hauschke: Degler, Sebastian . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 25, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22765-5 , p. 230.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alwin Reindl: The gallery . In: New Times - New Churches - New Piety . Self-published, Memmelsdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027404-6 , p. 64 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Degler, Johann Sebastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Degler, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim in Upper Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1730 |
| Place of death | Bamberg |