Johannes Rothkegel
Johannes Rothkegel (* 1905 in Silesia ; † 1994 in Würzburg ) was a German glass painter .
Life
Rothkegel was born the son of a glass painter and began his training in his parents' company in Falkenberg (today Niemodlin ) in 1919 . After working as a journeyman in his parents' company for a year, he went on to travel from 1925 to 1934 in Dresden , Quedlinburg at the Ferdinand Müller glass painting establishment and in Cologne . In 1934 Rothkegel founded his own workshop in Opole and designed, among other things, the windows in the Franziskuskirche in Comprachtschütz ( Komprachcice ) and St. Valentin in Walzen ( Walce ), based on designs by Rudolf Kattner.
photos
Inscription in the field SII 1a St. Valentin in Walzen / Walce
Inscription in field NII 1a Franziskuskirche in Comprachtschütz / Komprachcice
literature
- Elzbieta Gajewska-Prorok, Slawomir Oleszczuk: Witraże na Śla̜sku / Stained Glass in Silesia . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in a project of the German Federal Environmental Foundation , Edition Leipzig, ISBN 3-361-00528-0 , p. 18, p. 147.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rothkegel, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German master glazier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1994 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |