Joseph Matthias Götz
Joseph Matthias Götz (* 31 March 1696 in Bamberg , † 7. August 1760 in Munich ) was a German sculptor of the rococo .
biography
The son of a Bamberg sculptor and organ builder learned sculpture from his stepfather Sebastian Degler in Bamberg. He came to Passau as a journeyman , where he worked for Joseph Hartmann . In 1715 he was refused the establishment of an independent master craftsman, but the Augustinian Canons' Monastery of St. Nikola , which belongs to the Electorate of Bavaria , gave him the first major contract for the redesign of the monastery church. As early as 1716 he was working with several journeymen.
Götz quickly gained a good reputation as a sculptor and, apart from Lower Bavaria , was mainly active in Austria. Although he had no experience as an architect, he began redesigning the monastery church at Kloster Fürstenzell in 1739 , but had to make room for Johann Michael Fischer . In 1742 he joined the Bavarian army as an engineer officer and took part in the War of the Austrian Succession . He left his workshop to his journeyman Joseph Deutschmann .
Works
- 1715–1717: Side altars and pulpit of the collegiate church of St. Nikola in Passau, today in the parish church of Vilshofen on the Danube
- 1720–1730 Side altars in the Fürstenzell monastery church with Joseph Hartmann
- 1722–1728: Redesign of the parish and pilgrimage church Maria Himmelfahrt in Attersee
- 1723 ff .: Furnishing of the Trinity Church in Stadl-Paura
- 1723–1729: Altars of the monastery church of Aldersbach monastery , statue of John the Baptist and the pulpit of the collegiate church in St. Andrä an der Traisen
- 1731: Prospectus of the cathedral organ of St. Stephan in Passau
- 1731–1733: High altar of the monastery church of Zwettl Abbey
- 1733: Prospectus of the great organ of Zwettl Abbey
- 1732 ff .: Furnishing of the Maria Taferl pilgrimage church
- 1732 ff .: activity in Krems an der Donau
- 1736–1738: Holy Trinity Column in Krems on the Danube
- 1738: Attempt as an architect on the new construction of the Church of the Assumption in Fürstenzell
- 1738–1742: Furnishings for the church of the Carmelite monastery in Straubing
- ? Draft of the late baroque high altar of the parish church Andrichsfurt , made by the sculptor Peter Waibel from Schärding
literature
- Rudolf Guby: Passau sculptor of the 18th century . 1. Booklet: Josef Matthias Götz. Sculptor and architect at St. Nikola next Passau 1696-1760 . Publishing house of M. Waldbauer'schen Buchhandlung, Passau 1917
- Gerhard Woeckel: Götz, Joseph Matthias. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 587 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Alexander Heisig: Joseph Matthias Götz (1696-1760) . Schnell + Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-7954-1520-4
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Baptism date
- ^ Fritz Dworschak : Ancient art in Austria, Krems Stein and Mautern, with the catalog of the municipal museum in Krems ad Donau . Dr. Benno Filser Verlag, Vienna, Augsburg Cologne 1928, p. 27.
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SURNAME | Götz, Joseph Matthias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor of the Rococo |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1696 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1760 |
Place of death | Munich |