Johannes Willinges

Johannes (also Johann) Willinges (* around 1560 in Oldenburg ; † August 14, 1625 in Lübeck ) was a painter who had been active in Lübeck since 1590 and was the leading exponent of North German Mannerism .

Hundestr. 10, home and workshop of Johannes Willinges (2016)

Life

Willinges came from Oldenburg and was the second son of master tailor Johann Willinges, who held the office of master craftsman in Oldenburg in 1565. His exact dates of birth and details of his education have not been preserved.

It is believed that he received his education in Venice . Strong influences from Tintoretto , Jan Sadeler I , Crispijn de Passe I and Adrian Collaert are reflected in his work. He gave his first surviving work The Transfiguration of Christ to the Lambertikirche (Oldenburg) in 1586 .

From 1587, Willinges is recorded in Lübeck, where he spent his days as a journeyman. On October 9, 1589, he married Gesina von Zwolle, the widow of an official in Lübeck, and passed his master craftsman examination in 1590. In 1594 and 1605 he was a senior man in the office of painters. He lived in Hundestrasse 10.

Most of his work in Lübeck was largely lost in the air raid on Lübeck on March 29, 1942 , as far as it was in the Marienkirche (paintings on the rood screen , several epitaphs ) and the Petrikirche (epitaphs). His painting for the epitaph of Councilor Hinrich Wedenhoff (1592) with a representation of the vision of the resurrection according to Ezekiel 37 , which hangs today in the south-east ambulatory, has been preserved in the Marienkirche . His paintings in the house of the Lübeck merchants are well worth seeing .

Willinges also created a series of drawings of mythological scenes, some as preliminary studies - an indication that his work must have had a much wider range.

Works (selection)

Epitaph Wedenhoff

• Votive panel The Transfiguration of Christ , 1586, St. Lamberti Church Oldenburg , donated to the church by Willinges according to the dedication inscription on the reverse.
• several paintings in the hallway of the Lübeck merchants' house , 1596, as an illustration of the Sallust word “ small things grow through unity, great things disintegrate through discord .
• Painting for the epitaph of Lübeck councilor Hinrich Wedenhoff, 1592, Marienkirche Lübeck
• 1614 together with the carver Jochim (II) Wernecke: Epitaph Dietrich Möller, Nicolaikirche Reval

literature

• Willinges, Johannes . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 31 .
• Theodor Riewerts : The painter Johann Willinges in Lübeck. In: Journal of the German Association for Art History. 3, 1936, pp. 275-302.
• Elfriede Heinemeyer: Willinges, Johann. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 799 f ( lb-oldenburg.de PDF).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Building and Architectural History , Urban Development in Lübeck (PDF), accessed on November 23, 2018.
2. ↑ Elfriede Heinemeyer: The building history of the St. Lambertikirche from the beginnings to the end of the 18th century, in: Reinhard Rittner (ed.): Oldenburg and the Lambertikirche, Holzberg, Oldenburg 1988, ISBN 3-87358-307-0 , p 63–96, here p. 73 f.
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.