Johannes Zick

Self-portrait of Johannes Zick 1748 in the parish church in Biberach

Johannes (Johann) Zick (born January 10, 1702 in Lachen ; † March 4, 1762 in Würzburg ) was a southern German fresco painter and father of the painter Januarius Zick (1730–1797).

Life

Johann Zick began his professional career as an iron smith in his father's workshop. 1721–1724 he did an apprenticeship with the Constance court painter Jacob Carl Stauder . Between 1723 and 1725 he painted the ceiling pictures for the Mariahilf Church in Munich with him.

Healing of Tobias

He and his family moved to Munich in 1728, where he was appointed court painter to Freising Prince-Bishop Duke Johann Theodor von Bayern in 1732 . His son Januarius Zick , who was also known as a painter, was born in Munich in 1730 . Johannes Zick received inspiration for his development as a fresco painter from the late Baroque decorative painting by the Asam brothers .

From 1744 to 1749 he was busy with numerous commissions in Upper Swabia , which is why the family probably lived in Schussenried or Biberach an der Riss from 1746 at the latest .

In 1749/50 he moved to Würzburg , where he painted the frescoes for the garden hall of the Würzburg residence .

From 1751 to 1759 he worked on furnishing the Bruchsal Palace , the residence of the Prince-Bishops of Speyer .

In 1761 he published the description of an astronomical apparatus he had invented.

Works (selection)

1736: Vault decorations and altarpieces in the parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Bergkirchen
1737: Frescoes in the Roßackerkapelle in Rosenheim
1738/39: St. Georg in Raitenhaslach (now part of Burghausen )
1740–1742: Five altarpieces in the parish church of St. Andreas in Berchtesgaden
1742: Two altarpieces for the choir altars in the Berchtesgaden collegiate church
1745/46: Ceiling frescoes in the Premonstratensian Abbey Church of St. Magnus in Schussenried , presumably with the help of his son Januarius
1746: Ceiling painting in the central nave in the parish church of St. Martin in Biberach an der Riss , in the following year the aisles were decorated

Supper of the gods, ceiling fresco in the garden hall of the Würzburg Residence, detail, 1750

1749/1750: Frescoes for the garden room in the Würzburg Residence , including the ceiling fresco of the gods' meal

1750: Painting The Good Samaritan in the Museum for Franconia in Würzburg

1751/1752: Altar leaves "Descent from the Cross" and "Franz de Paula" for the baroque monastery church in Münsterschwarzach

1751–1759: Numerous frescoes in the Bruchsal residence

1753: Painting of the Amorbach parish church

1755: Refectory of the Oberzell Monastery in Zell am Main near Würzburg

1756: Sand Church in Aschaffenburg

1757: Parish church in Grafenrheinfeld

literature

Harriet Brinkmöller-Gandlau: Johannes Zick. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 441-444. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Barbara Strieder: Johann Zick (1702–1762): The frescos and ceiling paintings = manuscripts for art history in the Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft 33. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1990.

Web links

Commons : Johannes Zick - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Johannes Zick - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Johannes Zick in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Johann Zick: Astronomically true instruction and thorough constitution about the vertical machine [...] manufactured by [me], [...] but now severely challenged by Mr. Georg Nestfell [...]. Engmann, Würzburg 1761.
↑ Philipp Constantin Vellauer: Brief description of a very useful machine, which represents the Copernican world building and […] was made by […] Johann Zickh, Historien-Mahler. Stahel, Würzburg 1761.
↑ 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. 640 f. (Plate 56).
^ Klaus Bergdolt : Medical in the Mainfränkisches Museum zu Würzburg. In: Würzburger medical history reports 8, 1990, pp. 41–52; here: p. 46 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Zick, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zick, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German baroque fresco painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 10, 1702
PLACE OF BIRTH	Laughter (Swabia)
DATE OF DEATH	March 4, 1762
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Johann Zick: Astronomically true instruction and thorough constitution about the vertical machine [...] manufactured by [me], [...] but now severely challenged by Mr. Georg Nestfell [...]. Engmann, Würzburg 1761.

[2] Philipp Constantin Vellauer: Brief description of a very useful machine, which represents the Copernican world building and […] was made by […] Johann Zickh, Historien-Mahler. Stahel, Würzburg 1761.

[3] 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. 640 f. (Plate 56).

[4] Klaus Bergdolt : Medical in the Mainfränkisches Museum zu Würzburg. In: Würzburger medical history reports 8, 1990, pp. 41–52; here: p. 46 f.