Josef Kessler (painter)

Josef Kessler (* 1825 in Loschitz , † 1887 in Vienna ) was an Austrian late romantic painter with Nazarene influences.

Life

Josef Kessler with the spellings Kesler, Keszler, Keßler, Kehsler was a student of Leopold Kupelwieser .

Works

Altarpiece “St. Leonhard ”(1871) in Gaisruck a village in the northern market town of Hausleiten

High altar of the parish church of Etsdorf am Kamp with the altarpiece “St. James "(1876)

Kessler's oeuvre comprises 224 works with almost exclusively sacred themes.

• with the painter Karl Geiger the high altar picture hl. James the Elder in the Bockfließ parish church
• 1858 altarpieces Adoration of the Shepherds and St. Sebastian in the parish church Burgschleinitz
• 1867 Image offering in the temple in the Oberhautzental parish and pilgrimage church in Sierndorf
• 1868 high altar painting of the Assumption of St. Martin in the parish church Mühlbach am Manhartsberg
• 1871 High altar painting of the Assumption in the parish church in Niederabsdorf
• 1873 altarpiece St. Leonhard in the local chapel St. Leonhard in Gaisruck in Hausleiten
• 1873 Round arched side altarpiece St. Josef with child in the parish church Krumau am Kamp
• 1873 Right side altar painting Herz Jesu in the parish church St. Oswald
• 1875 high altar painting St. Stephen in the parish church of Gaubitsch
• 1875 Left side altarpiece Crucifixion with Mary and John in the parish church of St. Stephan in Retz
• 1876 ​​altarpiece hl. Jakobus in the parish church of Etsdorf am Kamp
• 1877 picture of the crucifixion of Christ in the parish church Hanfthal in Laa an der Thaya
• 1878 High altar image baptism of Jesus in the parish church of Harbach
• 1878 picture hl. Aloysius in the Bründlkirche on the Immaculate Conception in Dietmanns
• 1878 Partial renovation of the altarpiece of St. Lambert by Eduard Swoboda from the middle of the 19th century in the Dobersberg parish church
• 1886 side altar paintings left St. Michael and on the right Adoration of the Magi in the parish church Loosdorf in Fallbach

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Keßler, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 202 ( digitized version ).
• Hans Klinger: The painter Josef Kessler (1825-1887). A contribution to Viennese art of late romanticism. St. Paul, Parish Döbling 2005.
• Alfred Auer and Herbert Fritz: The village chapels of the parish St. Agatha zu Hausleiten. Edition Club Hausleiten, Hausleiten 2011.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube 1990 . List of artists, p. 1372.