Josef Barth (barrel painter)

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Josef Barth (born March 17, 1842 in Fronsburg , Austrian Empire ; † October 20, 1916 in Brixen ), also Josef Bart, was a barrel painter , gilder and restorer in South Tyrol .

Life

Josef Barth trained as a barrel painter and gilder in Vienna. In the 60 years he emigrated to South Tyrol where he first worked at Haselwander in Bozen and in 1864 he settled in Brixen. In the art and industry exhibition in Innsbruck in 1878 he exhibited an altar. In 1866 he took part in the war against Italy in a rifle division. Was called to Val Gardena around 1870 and married a Val Gardena native Maria Elisabeth Sanoner sister-in-law of the painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg on June 21, 1875 . The marriage resulted in nine children, three of whom learned the carpentry trade. The brother Johann Barth (1847–1911) was a cabinet maker and married Amalia Metz, a woman from Val Gardena.

Works

  • Chancel of the parish church Ortisei in Val Gardena for the apparition of the Lord.

  • Arch with the symbols of the Passion Cristi in the parish church of Ortisei in Val Gardena

  • Painting of mercy seat with angel in the parish church of Ortisei in Val Gardena

  • The gilded pulpit of the parish church of St. Ulrich, framed by Josef Barth.

  • 1870 restoration of the Antonius Church in Ortisei in Val Gardena.
  • 1870 Extensive decoration of the parish church of Ortisei in Val Gardena in neo-Romanesque style .
  • 1870 The pulpit made by Ferdinand Demetz in the parish church of Ortisei in Val Gardena is painted and gilded by Josef Barth.
  • 1877 Interior decoration of the entire church in Margreid .
  • around 1880 various works in the church of Tils near Brixen.
  • 1884–1885 work on the main altar and side altars in Luttach
  • 1990 decoration of the choir in Deutschnofen .
  • 1990 setting of the altar and decorations in pens .

literature

Signature of Josef Barth on the pulpit of the parish church of Ortisei in Gröden
  • Maria Hölzl Stifter: The wall painting of historicism in South Tyrol. Ecclesiastical art between late classicism and the Nazarenes 1820–1914. Athesia, Bozen 2008, ISBN 8882661067 , p. 109.
  • Maria Hölzl Stifter: Altar building of historicism in South Tyrol. Athesia, Bozen 2013, ISBN 978-88-8266-874-7 , p. 337.
  • Erich Barth: Family tree of the Barth from the Austrian Waldviertel and Tyrol 1772-2017. Athesia, Bozen 2019. ISBN 978-88-6839-452-3 , pp. 29–47.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Barth: Family tree of the Barth from the Austrian Waldviertel and Tyrol 1772-2017. Athesia, Bozen 2019. ISBN 978-88-6839-452-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Barth, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bart, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Tyrolean barrel painter and gilder
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Fronsburg
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1916
Place of death Brixen