Joseph Wannenmacher

Joseph Wannenmacher (born September 18, 1722 in Tomerdingen , today the municipality of Dornstadt , Alb-Donau district , † December 6, 1780 ibid) was a Swabian baroque painter and fresco artist .

life and work

Oil painting by J.Wannenmacher, Johannes chapter 5 verse 2, from 1770

Wannenmacher was the son of the potter Johann Georg W. († 1740) and his third wife Barbara, née Schmid. He received his training in Rome and occasionally signed as "Accademico Romano pittore". Wannenmacher has worked in numerous churches and monasteries in southwest Germany and Switzerland and his work comprises 14 larger ceiling painting cycles. Among other things, he created the cardinal's room in the Marchtal monastery , the ceiling painting of the pilgrimage church "Ave Maria" in Deggingen , the ceiling painting of St. Martinus in Donzdorf and the frescos of the preacher church in Rottweil , the ceiling paintings of the church in Zollikon , the collegiate library of St. Gallen and under the direction of Johann Christian Wentzinger the painting of the choir of the collegiate church St. Gallen . Several works are also in Schwabisch Gmund been preserved, including the Franciscan church , the St. Leonhard church and the hospital chapel of St. Catherine . In the former Elchingen monastery , to which Wannenmacher Tomerdingen's birthplace belonged, several objects from his oeuvre have been preserved, such as three guild candles, a large craftsman's flag (1775), canvas paintings and frescoes (sacristy). In addition to the Württemberg State Museum, the Ulm Museum owns panel paintings , of which Wannenmacher created around 100 .

Characteristic of Wannenmacher's style are figures wrapped in fluffy robes with rococo gracefully moving arms and legs. The dark colors of his works differ considerably from the cheerful rococo paintings of other southern German artists of his time.

Perhaps precisely because of this otherness in his art, Wannenmacher was highly valued by contemporaries.

literature

• Wannenmacher, Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 152-153 .
• Hartmut Müller: Sermon in color. Late baroque frescoes by Johann Anwander and Joseph Wannenmacher in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Photos by Johannes Schüle (Gmünder Art Books 3). Einhorn-Verlag Eduard Dietenberger, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1984 ISBN 3-921703-60-3 .
• Michel Reistle: Joseph Wannenmacher: a Swabian church painter of the 18th century and his relationship with the sculptor Wenzinger. EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1990 ISBN 3-88096-697-4 .

Web links

Commons : Joseph Wannenmacher  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• St. Francis in Schwäbisch Gmünd