Josef Auer (sculptor)

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Josef Auer (* 1867 in Munich ; † April 22, 1934 ibid) was a German wood sculptor . He mainly created sacred works, some of which he made according to designs by the Munich architect Joseph Elsner .

Works (selection)

  • Monastery Church of the Holy Cross and Assumption of Mary in Scheyern : additions to the Gothic main altar (1923–1924)
  • Church of St. Peter and Paul Etting (district of Rain): Pietà (1922)
  • Kempten (Allgäu) , St. Anton parish church: two angels each for the Fidelis and the poor soul altar
  • Landshut , St. Jodok : wood relief (1931)
  • In collaboration or based on a design by Joseph Elsner:
    • Übersee , parish church St. Nikolaus : main altar and side altars as well as stations of the cross (1905)
    • Heldenstein , parish church St. Rupertus: Depiction “Baptism of Duke Theodo by St. Rupertus "in the high altar (1904)
    • Niedersteine in Silesia , Parish Church of St. James: Stations of the Cross (1904)

literature

  • General Artist Lexicon , Vol. 1
  • Dehio Bayern IV: Munich and Upper Bavaria. Darmstadt 1990, pp. 416, 1198
  • The churches of the parish Übersee am Chiemsee. Schnell & Steiner publishing house. Regensburg 1995

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personal data
SURNAME Auer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wood sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1934
Place of death Munich