Leopold Layer
Leopold Layer (also Lajer ) (born November 20, 1752 in Kranj ; † April 12, 1828 there ) was a Slovenian painter .
Life
Leopold Layer was born the son of the painter and carver Marko Layer . He received his first painting lessons from him, otherwise he was self-taught and eclectic , who used copperplate engravings by German and Italian artists as models. After the death of his father in 1808 he took over the family painting workshop. Leopold was the most important representative of the family of painters who worked in Kranj and one of the last Slovenian baroque painters . He is also regarded as the teacher of J. Egartner, M. Gorincnik and the two Goetzls.
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During his almost 50 years of creative time he worked in oil , fresco and stained glass and created a variety of religious paintings for churches and Carniolan citizens. In addition to the religious paintings, he painted beehive front boards , a naive folk painting that was in bloom in his day.
At first Layer was inspired by pictures by Valentin Janez Metzinger , later he came under the influence of the painting by Martin Johann Schmidt , whose composition and color technique he imitated with individual changes. In this style, the Martyrdom of St. Laurenz , in the collection of the National Gallery of Slovenia and the Resurrection of Christ for the Church of St. Franz Xaver in Radmirje. His work also includes two images of the Passion of Christ in the Church of St. Walpurga in Smlednik.
His most famous painting is the Adoration of the Mother of God in the pilgrimage church Maria Hilf in Brezje (Radovljica), painted in 1814 .
The picture is a free copy by Lucas Cranach the Elder Image of Grace Mariahilf in the high altar of Innsbruck Cathedral . In 1907, Bishop Anton Bonaventura Jeglič crowned the miraculous image of Mary Help with the permission of Pope Pius X.
His best-known secular works include a self-portrait with his wife and a family portrait of the surgeon Heyne .
Layer is considered to be one of the last baroque painters in Slovenia today, representing the transition to idealizing realism .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lajer, C. Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 235 ( digitized version ).
- Prašelj: Layer, Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 54 f. (Direct links on p. 54 , p. 55 ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cevc, Emilijan, Slovenska umetnost, Prešernova družba 1966, str. 144
- ^ F. Stele, Oris zgodovine umetnosti pri Slovencih , Ljubljana 1924
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Layer, Leopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lajer, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian Baroque painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kranj , Slovenia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1828 |
| Place of death | Kranj , Slovenia |