Joseph Esperlin
Joseph Esperlin (* 1707 in Degernau near Ingoldingen ; † March 12, 1775, presumably in Beromünster ) was an Upper Swabian painter of the late Baroque and Rococo periods .
Life
Joseph Esperlin learned painting from the Riedlinger painter Joseph Ignaz Wegscheider and Francesco Trevisani in Rome. From 1740 he worked in Biberach , from 1747 to 1753 in Scheer , and probably in Basel from 1755 . From Biberach and Scheer, he mainly painted altarpieces and frescoes throughout Swabia in the service of the church. After that he made oil paintings and frescoes with ancient mythological subjects, as well as portraits , mainly for private clients (especially the patrician families of the Basler Daig ).
Church works (selection)
- Parish church St. Nikolaus in Scheer : stucco and frescoes, as well as altarpieces; 1747/53
- Stadtpfarrkirche Hl. Kreuz, Offenburg : high altar picture
- Collegiate Church of St. Leodegar , Schönenwerd : altarpieces “Baptism of Jesus” (1774, one of Esperlin's last works) and “Birth of Jesus” (draft, executed by Domenico Corvi )
- City church St. Johann, Donaueschingen : high altar picture
- Chapel in Zweifelsberg near Biberach: Altarpiece
- Parish church St. Alban, Burgrieden : several altarpieces and essays, 1741
- City parish church Biberach : Mother of God, Salvator Mundi, 1742; 12 images of the apostles, around 1744/45
- St. Ursus Cathedral Solothurn : dome frescoes and two altarpieces (1770 and 1773)
- Heiligenberg Castle Church (today in the pilgrimage church of Baitenhausen near Meersburg ): Altarpiece “Assumption of Mary”, 1765
- Haus zum Raben, Basel: Fresco “Glorification of the Virtues and the Fall of Vice”, 1766
literature
- Gerhard Woeckel: Esperlin, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 656 ( digitized version ).
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Esperlin, Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Barbara Ohnemus: Joseph Esperlin (1707–1775) - life and work. (Dissertation at the Art History Institute of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg).
- Angela Pudelko: Joseph Esperlin: a painter of the late Baroque [1707–1775]. Triltsch & Huther, Berlin 1938, (also dissertation University of Frankfurt am Main, Phil. Fac., 1936).
- Joseph Esperlin: 1707–1775 paintings, drawings; Municipal collections (Braith-Mali-Museum) Biberach an der Riss in connection with the art and antiquity association, Biberach an der Riss; June 21 to August 29, 1970 (exhibition catalog). City Collections, Biberach ad Riss 1970.
- Albert Pfeffer: Esperlin, Joseph . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 35–36 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Joseph Esperlin - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esperlin, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esperlin, Josef; Esperling, Joseph; Esper, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Upper Swabian and Basel painter of the late Baroque and Rococo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Degernau near Ingoldingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1775 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Beromünster |