Johann Weiß (painter)

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Johann Weiß (born January 4, 1738 in Rettenberg , † December 31, 1776 in Kaufbeuren ) was an Allgäu fresco painter who mainly worked in the Archdiocese of Salzburg .

Life

Johann Weiß comes from an artist family from Allgäu . He was often referred to as "Johann Weiß von Augsburg ", which suggests that he was trained there. In 1765/66 he lived in Vienna and in 1767 enrolled at the Vienna Academy . Weiss mainly created frescoes for churches in the Archdiocese of Salzburg. In 1765 he applied for the painting of the parish church of Böckstein , in his application letter he stated, among other things, that he had painted frescoes in the collegiate church of St. Peter in Salzburg. Their authorship is not entirely clear, however, some of the frescoes are attributed to Franz Xaver König . He is named as a painter in the archives of St. Peter, but may have passed the commission on to Weiß. The work of Johann Weiß stands at the transition from Baroque to Rococo and shows influences from both the Augsburg and the Vienna School, including Paul Troger and Franz Anton Maulbertsch .

Works

Ceiling fresco Expulsion from Paradise , Parish Church Hopfgarten i. Br.

literature

  • Peter Stoll: Franz Xaver König, Johann Weiß and the ceiling frescoes of the Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Peter in Salzburg. University of Augsburg, 2009, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 384-opus4-11205

Web links

Commons : Johann Weiß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Reinhard Weidl: Hopfgarten in Brixental. Parish church hll. Jakobus and Leonhard. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2011 ( online )
  2. ↑ a b Müller, Wiesauer: Parish Church hl. Joseph. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 16, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME White, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Allgäu fresco painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Rettenberg
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1776
Place of death Kaufbeuren