Josef Waldmann

Johann Josef Waldmann (March 14, 1676 ; † October 25, 1712 ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

Josef Waldmann comes from a Tyrolean family of painters, he is the son of Michael Waldmann the Younger and the nephew of Kaspar Waldmann . One of his students was Johann Ferdinand Schor . On January 12, 1705, he married Maria Ursula Spilmann in Innsbruck, the couple had a son and five daughters.

Waldmann was often employed by the court in Innsbruck and made theater decorations, funeral scaffolding, holy graves and together with Kaspar Waldmann in 1707 the gate of honor for the entry of governor Karl Philipp von der Pfalz . He also drew drafts for copperplate engravings such as book titles, portraits and views. In the course of time he turned to church painting, created altarpieces and helped the baroque large ceiling painting to make its breakthrough in Tyrol. His main work is the dome fresco of the glory of the Augustinian saints in the former Augustinian church in Rattenberg . The first monumental dome fresco in Tyrol was probably based on the model of the dome fresco by Johann Michael Rottmayr in the Trinity Church in Salzburg (1697).

Works

Detail of the dome fresco in the Augustinian Church in Rattenberg

Ceiling frescoes in the Spitalskirche Innsbruck, (painted over with the renovation 1892) 1702-1703
Frescoes in the castle chapel of Rotholz Castle , 1704–1706
Dome fresco Glory of the Augustinian Saints in the Augustinian Church in Rattenberg, 1708–1712
Paintings in the Hercules Hall of the Innsbruck Hofburg , 1711 (together with Johann Baptist Waldmann and Michael Hueber ; destroyed during renovation in 1760)
Ceiling fresco in the chancel of the pilgrimage church Maria Brettfall (attributed)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Waldmann, Tyrolean artist family . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 185 f. ( Digitized version ).
Heinrich Hammer: The development of the baroque ceiling painting in Tyrol. Studies on German Art History, Issue 159, JH Ed. Heitz, Strassburg 1912, pp. 148–187 ( digitized version in the text archive - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Drexel, Wiesauer: Klosterkirche hl. Augustine. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
↑ Ludwig Tavernier (ed.): Tyrolean exhibition streets: Baroque & Rococo. Ed. Charter, Milan 1995, ISBN 88-8158-017-9 ( digitized in the Google book search)
^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Kulturberichte aus Tirol 2009. 61. Monument report. Innsbruck 2009, p. 124 ( PDF; 7.8 MB )

personal data
SURNAME	Waldmann, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Waldmann, Johann Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1676
DATE OF DEATH	October 25, 1712

[1] Drexel, Wiesauer: Klosterkirche hl. Augustine. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved July 29, 2016 .

[2] Ludwig Tavernier (ed.): Tyrolean exhibition streets: Baroque & Rococo. Ed. Charter, Milan 1995, ISBN 88-8158-017-9 ( digitized in the Google book search)

[3] Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Kulturberichte aus Tirol 2009. 61. Monument report. Innsbruck 2009, p. 124 ( PDF; 7.8 MB )