Josef Anton Kirchebner

Self-Portrait (1812)

Josef Anton Kirchebner (born February 25, 1757 in Götzens , † January 12, 1839 in Birgitz ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

The younger son of the painter Anton Kirchebner first learned from his father and then, like his brother Franz Xaver , received further training in Vienna . He then worked as a fresco and panel painter in Birgitz and was best known for his portraits. He often painted frescoes with his brother Franz Xaver. On January 24, 1780, he married Anna Hofer in Axams, his son Felix (1785–1840) worked as a painter in Innsbruck .

Works

Ceiling fresco Marriage of Moses with Zippora , Sistrans parish church (1786/87)

Ceiling paintings, parish church Inzing , 1779 (with Anton and Franz Xaver Kirchebner)
Ceiling frescoes, Sistrans parish church , 1786/87
Wall and ceiling frescoes, Vill parish church , 1791 (with Franz Xaver Kirchebner)
Frescoes in the nave, parish church Ortisei in Val Gardena , 1795/96 (with Franz Xaver Kirchebner)
Frescoes, Blasiuskirche Völs, 1824 (with Felix Kirchebner)
Ceiling frescoes, Birgitz parish church , 1825

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Kirchebner, Anton (painter family) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 307 ( digitized version ).
Hermann Hammer: Kirchebner, Josef . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 350 .
The Kirchebner family of painters from Götzner. Village newspaper Inzing No. 52, 1999, pp. 28–29 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Josef Anton Kirchebner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Parish and pilgrimage church hl. Peter. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
^ Arnold: parish church hl. Gertraud von Nivelles. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
↑ Christoph Hölz, Klaus Tragbar, Veronika Weiss (Ed.): Architectural Guide Innsbruck . Haymon, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7099-7204-5 , pp. 254 .
↑ St. Ulrich parish church in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
↑ Palme-Comploy, Schmid-Pittl: Pilgrimage Church of St. Blasius, Blasiuskirche. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
↑ Kronbichler, Wiesauer: Parish Church of Mariae Visitation. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kirchebner, Josef Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH	Götzens
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1839
Place of death	Birgitz

[1] Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Parish and pilgrimage church hl. Peter. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[2] Arnold: parish church hl. Gertraud von Nivelles. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[3] Christoph Hölz, Klaus Tragbar, Veronika Weiss (Ed.): Architectural Guide Innsbruck . Haymon, Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3-7099-7204-5 , pp. 254 .

[4] St. Ulrich parish church in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

[5] Palme-Comploy, Schmid-Pittl: Pilgrimage Church of St. Blasius, Blasiuskirche. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[6] Kronbichler, Wiesauer: Parish Church of Mariae Visitation. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 28, 2019 .