Joseph Matthias Götz

Joseph Matthias Götz (* 31 March 1696 in Bamberg , † 7. August 1760 in Munich ) was a German sculptor of the rococo .

biography

High altar of the pilgrimage church Maria Taferl

High altar of the parish church St. Veit in Krems

High altar of the Zwettl collegiate church

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

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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.

personal data
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

[1] Baptism date

[2] 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.