Joseph Gareis (sculptor)
Joseph Hieronymus Ferdinand Gareis (born August 7, 1778 in Klosterfreedom , Upper Lusatia ; † April 14, 1844 in Dresden ) was a German draftsman and sculptor .
Life
Joseph Gareis was the second son of the trader and master carpenter Johann Gareis and his wife Johanne nee Fischer, he was the younger brother of the painter and draftsman Franz Gareis (1775-1803) and the older brother of the chamber musician Gottlieb Gareis (1781-1859), des Master carpenter Johann Gareis (1785–1856), Bartholomäus Gareis (1789–1859) and painter Anton Johann Gareis (1793–1863). He probably learned to draw at the Meißen drawing school and / or at the Dresden Art Academy . He later learned sculpture from master Joseph Jäntsch in Ostritz. In 1807 he married the doctor's daughter Barbara Mattausch in the Bohemian town of Wernstadt . The marriage produced five sons and three daughters. Around 1811 he worked as a sculptor and created decorative tombs, altars and reliefs in Upper Lusatia, Saxony , Bohemia and Silesia . He trained young artists like Franz Schiller (1815–1857) in his workshop . After 1822 he left Ostritz and moved to Dresden and lived in Pirnschen Gasse (Pirnaische Gasse) 10. He died there at the age of 66.
Works (selection
- 1811 Tomb for the master builder Johann Joseph Kunz in Reichenberg
- 1811 tomb for Carl Gotthelf Weber in Hirschfelde
- around 1811 Johann Gotthelf Schlegel's tomb in Hirschfelde
- 1817 tomb for George Zeissig, Hirschfelde
- 1817 Altar construction for the church in Reichenau (Bogatynia)
- In 1822 he renewed the organ front of the Herrnhut parish hall
- 1823 tomb for Johann Gottlob Hanns in Riesa
- 1828 Tomb for Maria Elisabeth Rüssing in Gröba near Riesa (today in the graveyard of the Gröba church )
- 1825 Joseph Klaus tomb in Seitendorf (today: Zatonie, Bogatynia parish )
- 1836/37 Tomb for Franz Mittrich in Ostritz, Maria-Himmelfahrt-Kirche based on a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
literature
- Announcements of the Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz eV, issue 3, year 2008.
- Gareis, Josef . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 192 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Stefani Gericke: Gareis, Josef . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 99, de Gruyter, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-023265-3 , p. 283.
- Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Booklet 34, Amtshauptmannschaft Löbau , edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne, 1910, p. 181.
- Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 29, Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau , edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne, 1906, pp. 63, 154 and 221.
- Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 38, The cities of Grossenhain , Radeburg and Riesa , edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne, 1914, p. 153 ff.
- Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 37, Amtshauptmannschaft Grossenhain (Land), edited by Cornelius Curlitt, Verlag Meinhold und Söhne, 1914, p. 94 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Lausanne Monthly 1803 pp. 248f.
- ^ Franz Schiller - Hamburg sculptor , Denkmalplatz.de.
- ^ Dresden address book 1843. Verlag IG Ranft, 1843, p. 67.
- ↑ Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 29, p. 63 ff.
- ↑ Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 29, p. 221.
- ↑ Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 38, p. 153 ff.
- ↑ Construction and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 39, p. 94 ff.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gareis, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gareis, Joseph Hieronymus Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, engraver and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freedom of the monastery , Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1844 |
| Place of death | Dresden |