Kaspar Amort the Elder
Kaspar Amort the Elder (* 1612 in Jachenau , Upper Bavaria , † March 7, 1675 in Munich ) was the electoral court painter in Munich at the time of Elector Ferdinand Maria .
Life
Kaspar Amort escaped from his father at the age of 19 out of love for art and started an apprenticeship with Hans Donauer the Younger , painter in Munich. With the support of the Bavarian government, he went on a study trip to Italy in 1633, where he primarily devoted himself to studying the work of Michelangelo Caravaggio .
While in the first few years he almost exclusively created religious images for numerous churches in Munich and Old Bavaria, his creative power was soon expanded by Elector Ferdinand Maria and his wife Henriette Adelheid of Savoy for handicrafts in the sumptuous design of the residence, for drafts and decorations for opera performances, Shepherd games and show fireworks are used.
Of his eight children, the two oldest, Kaspar and Ernst Lukas, were successful painters at the Bavarian court.
Works
(Selection)
- Several pictures in the residence in Munich
- In the Frauenkirche in Munich painting of St. Thomas in the extract of the altar "to Maria Rosen"
- In the parish church in Flintsbach near Rosenheim altar sheet with St. Stephan
- In the Franciscan Church in Ingolstadt painting of Christ dragging the cross
literature
- Thomas Muchall-Viebroock: Amort, Kaspar the Elder. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 257 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Muchall-Viebroock: Amort, Kaspar the Elder. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 257 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Felix Joseph Lipowsky : Bayerisches Künstlerlexikon. Vol. 1, Fleischmann, Munich 1810, p. 8.
- ^ Jost Gudelius: The Jachenau. Jachenau 2008, p. 151 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amort, Kaspar the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amort, Kaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1612 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jachenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1675 |
| Place of death | Munich |