Kaspar Waldmann

Kaspar Waldmann (* 15. July 1657 in Innsbruck ; † 18th November 1720 ) was an Austrian painter of the Baroque , of the early masters of fresco painting in Tyrol counts.

Life

Kaspar Waldmann was the son of the painter Michael Waldmann the Elder from his second marriage to Maria Gras, who was a daughter of the sculptor Caspar Gras . The painter Michael Waldmann the Younger was his half-brother; But since he was 17 years older than Kaspar and the father died when he was half a year old, Michael had a strong influence on Kaspar. He was also his first teacher in the art of painting. He learned to fresco from the Schor family of painters and in Italy. In 1684 he became a citizen of Innsbruck. He married the wealthy brewer's daughter Regina de Lama von Büchsenhausen and in 1692 became city councilor of Innsbruck. In 1697 he applied for permission to serve beer. His daughter Maria Anna was married to the Innsbruck painter Johann Michael Hudez.

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Waldmann mainly dealt with religious representations. The focus and his artistic achievement is to be found in fresco and decorative painting . At that time he was a leader in this field in Tyrol. His pictures are popularly colorful. After initially being under the influence of Egid Schor , after 1700 he found a freer composition that is related to the late baroque .

Frescoes in the Mariahilfkirche, Innsbruck

• Dome frescoes , Marienkapelle of the Neustift collegiate church (1689)
• Oval ceiling frescoes , Mariahilfkirche Innsbruck (1689)
• High altar painting of the Marriage of the Virgin , Parish Church Brixlegg (1692)
• Frescoes , Flieger Chapel in the Karlskirche , Volders (1698)
• Wall frescoes , Tannenberg Palace, Schwaz (1700; seriously damaged in a fire in 1809)
• Right side altarpiece , Wenns parish church (around 1700)
• Ceiling frescoes , Wilten Collegiate Church (1702–1707)
• Holy Tribe , Franciscan Church in Telfs (1706)
• Side altarpieces , parish church Brixlegg (1707)
• Frescoes , Hofkirche in the Hofburg Brixen (1708)
• Ceiling paintings , chapel, princely rooms and house chapel of the Sternbachschlössel, Mühlau (1709–1716)
• Ceiling paintings , Norbertisaal and adjoining room in Wilten Abbey (1710)
• Deeds of Hercules , giant hall of the Innsbruck Hofburg (1711; not preserved), together with his nephew Johann Josef Waldmann
• Wall paintings , hunting room of Wilten Abbey (1712)
• Frescoes , summer house of the women's monastery and chapel of the Thurnfeld residence, Hall in Tirol (1716)
• Frescoes , Palais Sternbach, Bruneck (1715/1716)
• Images of the apostles , chapel at Büchsenhausen Castle in Hötting

Drawings by the artist are in the Roschmann Collection of the Innsbruck University Library , further paintings in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Waldmann, Tyrolean artist family . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 185 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Gertrud Pfaundler-Spat: Tyrol Lexicon . StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 978-3-7065-4210-4 , pp. 659-660.
• Ekkart Sauser :  Waldmann, Kaspar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 1520-1521.

Web links

• Entry on Waldmann, Kaspar in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )