Leonhard von Brixen
Leonhard von Brixen , actually Lienhart Scherhauff (Intermediate 1438 and 1475 / 1476 in Brixen detectable), was a painter of the Gothic , who led a painter and carver workshop in Bressanone.
Life
Although it is unknown where Leonhard came from, there are suspicions about an origin from the Swabian region. In any case, he was under the influence of Jakob von Seckau , who had been court painter in Brixen since 1448. Leonhard ran an artist workshop in Bressanone, which created numerous fresco cycles and carved altars for the South and East Tyrolean region. But he was never court painter to the Hofburg in Brixen . Simon von Taisten was one of his students . Leonhard's son Marx Scherhauff worked with him and continued to run the workshop after his death around 1475. With his death in 1484 came the end of the successful and stylistically distinctive artist workshop.
plant
Leonhard was both a painter and a picture carver and provided the designs for the works of art, which were then often carried out by artists in his workshop. It is believed that his own hand is mostly visible in the paintings. With his workshop, he shaped art production in southern Tyrol in the middle of the 15th century, before Michael Pacher brought innovations to the Gothic art in this area. The lovely facial features of his figures are typical for Leonhard. He softened the hitherto rough and crude style of rural Gothic art in Tyrol and introduced a more delicate, more folk and colorful narrative technique in his works.
- Marientodgruppe from Sand in Taufers , Tiroler Landesmuseum , Innsbruck
- Adoration of the Magi (inside); Election of Joseph and the Marriage of Mary (outside) , 127 × 99.5 cm, Belvedere , Vienna (around 1460)
- Frescoes of the choir in St. Jakob in Strassen (1458–60)
- Frescoes from the Heinfels Castle Chapel , Bruck Castle , Lienz
- Resurrection of Christ from the front of a holy grave , Diocesan Museum Bressanone (around 1460)
- Altar panels with the Passion of Christ and scenes from the lives of Peter and Paul , Diocesan Museum Bressanone (around 1470)
- Plastic Madonna enthroned from the high altar in Milland , Diocesan Museum Brixen (around 1470)
- Coronation of Mary on the south facade of the parish church of St Georg Vahrn (1474)
literature
- Gertrud Pfaundler-Spat: Tyrol Lexicon . StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 978-3-7065-4210-4 , pp. 322–323.
Web links
- Biographical data on Leonhard von Brixen (Lienhart Scherhauff) in: Digitales Belvedere (digital.belvedere.at)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonhard von Brixen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lienhart Scherhauff |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gothic painter and carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1438 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1475 |