Joseph Anton Kraus

Joseph Anton Kraus (also Krauss or Kruse ; † January 21, 1721 in Danzig , Kingdom of Poland ) was a German sculptor who worked mainly in East Prussia .

Life

He was possibly a descendant of Alexander Krause, who worked as a sculptor in Konigsberg in 1624. In 1703 he married Elisabeth Frauenschein in Berlin and from 1704 to 1706 was named in Berlin church registers as an apprentice and then as a sculptor. Joseph Anton Kraus was probably involved in the renovation work on the Berlin Palace at the time of Andreas Schlueter, possibly in the group of Georg Gottfried Weyhemeyer.

In 1708 he was brought in to redesign the Schlobitten Palace , where he created extensive sculptures in wood and stone with his assistants. From 1712 to 1717 Kraus was in Königsberg and then went to Danzig, where he died in 1721.

Works (selection)

Secured

Moses in the altarpiece of the church in Groß Wolfsdorf

Schlobitten Castle , 1708–1711, extensive carvings and stucco work in the ballroom, stairwell and other rooms
Church of St. Lawrence , 1714, baptismal angel
Groß-Wolfsdorf Church , 1715/16, altarpiece

Attributions

Nordenburg Church , 1715, carvings on the altarpiece
Ludwigswalde church , around 1725 altarpiece
Johanniskirche Bartenstein , around 1720, altarpiece

literature

Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt: Königsberg sculptures and their masters 1255–1945 . Holzner, Würzburg 1970, OCLC 4261883 , p. 110 . Kraus (Krauss, also Kruse), Joseph Anton
Anton Ulbrich : History of sculpture in East Prussia from the end of the 16th century to around 1870. Volume 2. Gräfe and Unzer, Königsberg 1929. P. 454–470 . The sculptor Kraus, Krauss or Kruse

Web links

Commons : Joseph Anton Kraus - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Heinz Ladendorf : The sculptor and builder Andreas Schlueter. Contributions to his biography and the Berlin art history of his time. (= Research on German Art History, Vol. 2) . German Association for Art History, Berlin 1935. p. 15
^ Heinz Ladendorf: The sculptor and builder Andreas Schlueter. Contributions to his biography and the Berlin art history of his time . (Research on German Art History, Vol. 2). German Association for Art History, Berlin 1935. p. 76.
↑ Anton Ulbrich : History of sculpture in East Prussia from the end of the 16th century to around 1870. Volume 2. Gräfe and Unzer, Königsberg 1929. P. 464-470.

personal data
SURNAME	Kraus, Joseph Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krauss, Joseph Anton; Kruse, Joseph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1721
Place of death	Gdansk , Kingdom of Poland

[1] Heinz Ladendorf : The sculptor and builder Andreas Schlueter. Contributions to his biography and the Berlin art history of his time. (= Research on German Art History, Vol. 2) . German Association for Art History, Berlin 1935. p. 15

[2] Heinz Ladendorf: The sculptor and builder Andreas Schlueter. Contributions to his biography and the Berlin art history of his time . (Research on German Art History, Vol. 2). German Association for Art History, Berlin 1935. p. 76.

[3] Anton Ulbrich : History of sculpture in East Prussia from the end of the 16th century to around 1870. Volume 2. Gräfe and Unzer, Königsberg 1929. P. 464-470.