Joseph Schilter
Joseph Schilter , also Josef Schilter (born May 18, 1871 in Stans , Canton Nidwalden , † May 21, 1956 in Zug , Canton Zug ), was a Swiss church painter and designer of leaded glass windows .
Life
Schilter studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he enrolled in painting on October 20, 1893. He also studied in Düsseldorf . After returning to Switzerland he settled down as a citizen in Steinen ( Canton Schwyz ) and worked as a church painter and designer of leaded glass windows. In 1921 he saved the Steinen Carnival wooden masks Talibasch and Välädi from burning by taking them from a table maker and selling them to the Swiss National Museum .
Works (selection)
Holy grave in the parish church of St. Jakob in Steinen / Canton Schwyz, reconstruction from 2010
- Draft for a cycle of 14 stained glass windows, St. Laurentius Church in Dallenwil (Canton Nidwalden), executed by Karl Wehrli (1843–1902), 1902
- Holy grave , parish church St. Jakob (Steinen SZ) , 1916
- Ceiling painting for the Holzwang chapel on the Wiesenberg (Dallenwil)
literature
- Thieme-Becker , Volume XXX (1936), p. 72
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 01137 Joseph Schilter , entry in matriculation book 3 (1884–1920) of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 439
- ^ Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016) , PDF
- ↑ Steinen receives originals back ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website from November 9, 2013 in the schwyzkultur.ch portal , accessed on January 29, 2017
- ↑ Holzwang-Kapelle , website in the wirzweli.ch portal , accessed on January 29, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schilter, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schilter, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss church painter and designer of leaded glass windows |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stans , Canton of Nidwalden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1956 |
| Place of death | Zug , Canton of Zug |