Josef Anton Puellacher

Josef Anton Puellacher (born April 6, 1737 in Telfs , Tyrol; † May 29, 1799 there ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Puellacher came from a farming family. In Reichenhall he received drawing lessons from an Italian painter who had settled in Tyrol. When he came to Salzburg, he became a student of Franz Nikolaus Streicher. To avoid being drafted for military service, he returned to his homeland. Among other things, he made frescoes in churches and public buildings. He was partially supported by his assistant Joseph Schöpf . He created some works in Switzerland, such as the wall paintings in the former prince's hall in St. Gallen or some altar leaves in the church of Niederplatt. He had two sons, one of whom Leopold Puellacher also became a painter under the guidance of his father.

Works (selection)

Offering in the temple in the parish church of Sölden

Parish Church Langenfeld : Fresco Sts. Ursula, Katharina and Barbara in the gable of the western main facade.
Kaplaneikirche Gries im Sulztal : vault painting, 1792.
Parish church hl. Martin in Gries im Sellrain : stucco painting and ceiling frescoes, 1788.
Parish church hl. Valentin in Rietz : ceiling painting, around 1765.
Seekirche Hl. Kreuz in Seefeld in Tirol : Two wall pictures on the legend of the Seefeld Cross, around 1772. Two high altar pictures, 1771.
Sölden parish church ceiling and wall painting, 1779.
Abbey building of Stams Abbey : ceiling and wall paintings with rococo ornamentation with Josef Schöpf.
Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Telfs : Christmas crib, end of the 18th century.
Old customs house in Telfs, now a savings bank and local history museum: Christmas fresco-like nativity scene, transferred to the new building.
House at the Wackerle in Wildermieming : Rococo frescoes St. Francis, Maria Immaculata, Josef and Antonius on the south facade.
Grave chapel of the Kalvarienbergkirche in Zirl : frescoes David and Moses, in the Holy Grave Veronica cloth and pelican, 1776.

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : Puellacher, Josef Anton . In: New general artist Lexicon, or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc . 3. Edition. tape 13 . Schwarzenberg & Schumann, Leipzig 1936, p. 325 ( books.google.de ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Puellacher, Joseph Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
Puellacher, Josef Anton . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 447 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Hammer: Josef Anton Puellacher . In: The development of baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol (= studies on German art history . 159th issue). JH Ed. Heitz, Strasbourg 1912, p. 330 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ The big conversation lexicon for the educated stands . Second division, volume 4 : Pistol – Pugnaceä . Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen 1850, p. 1268 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ Dehio Tirol 1980

personal data
SURNAME	Puellacher, Josef Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Puellacher, Joseph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian church painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH	Telfs
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 1799
Place of death	Telfs

[1] Heinrich Hammer: Josef Anton Puellacher . In: The development of baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol (= studies on German art history . 159th issue). JH Ed. Heitz, Strasbourg 1912, p. 330 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] The big conversation lexicon for the educated stands . Second division, volume 4 : Pistol – Pugnaceä . Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen 1850, p. 1268 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[3] Dehio Tirol 1980