Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera

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Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera - also von der Auwera and van der Auvera - (* 1708 in Würzburg ; † 1756 ibid) was a German Rococo sculptor in the prince-bishopric of Würzburg in Franconia .

After training in the workshop of his father Jakob, who came from Holland (probably Mechelen ) and moved to Würzburg as a court sculptor at the end of the 17th century, Auwera stayed in Vienna for six years from 1730, where Friedrich Karl von Schönborn trained him . After 1738 he took over the artistic direction of the interior decoration of the Würzburg residence. From 1738 to 1744 he created an ensemble of statues that existed until 1821 for the main courtyard of the residence. Most of the works he created for church furnishings (such as the Neumünster and the Bürgerspitalkirche ) in Würzburg were destroyed in the bombing of Würzburg in 1945 . A gold-framed statue of a grieving angel, made for the Marienkapelle , was preserved and brought to the Mainfränkisches Museum . The "Peterer" pulpit in St. Peter and Paul , which he created around 1745/50, was largely reconstructed . Together with Balthasar Neumann , he traveled to the Rhineland and the Netherlands. Auwera, together with Antonio Giuseppe Bossi and the cabinet maker and ornamental carver Ferdinand Hundt, created a decorative style known as the Würzburg Rococo . He was the teacher of Johann Michael Fischer .

His brother Lukas van der Auwera is the creator of the crucifixion group (1762–66) next to the Mauritius Church in Wiesentheid . His other brother, Michael Josef, was also a sculptor.

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  1. ^ Bruno Rottenbach: Würzburg street names. Volume 2, Fränkische Gesellschaftdruckerei, Würzburg 1969, p. 84 ( Auverastraße [...] ).
  2. 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. 664 f.
  3. Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 663.