Linus Seif

Ceiling fresco by Linus Seif in the parish church of St. Sebastian in Untrasried

Linus Seif (* 1727 ; † 1800 ) was a painter whose sphere of activity was in Bavarian Swabia .

Life's work

His family is said to have origins in Thingers , a current district of Kempten . His works include several half-length portraits of Franciscan saints in the Lechfeld Monastery , a high altar image in the Church of St. Martin and Alexander in Waltenhofen, and ceiling frescoes in churches in Untrasried , Oberthingau , Ottacker and Rechtis . These works date from the years 1775 to 1790. It is assumed that the ceiling frescoes in the parish church of Lauben also come from Seif.

Web links

Commons : Linus Seif - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Lydia L. Dewiel: The Allgäu: cities, monasteries and pilgrimage churches between Lake Constance and Lech (DuMont art travel guide). DuMont, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1618-6 , p. 124 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

↑ Church history Untrasried - parish church St. Sebastian (PDF, 7.23 kB)

↑ Peter Blickle, Heribert Frischmann, Ewald Kohler: 500 years of market Unterthingau 1485-1985. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, 1985, ISBN 3-88006-109-2 , p. 108 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

^ Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese e. V., Volumes 8–9, 1974, p. 152 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

↑ Anna Köhl, Ralf Lienert: Creative Minds. Streets and their namesake in Kempten . Tobias Dannheimer publishing house, Kempten (Allgäu) 2007, ISBN 978-3-88881-056-5 , p. 70 f .

personal data
SURNAME	Seif, Linus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1727
DATE OF DEATH	1800

[1] Lydia L. Dewiel: The Allgäu: cities, monasteries and pilgrimage churches between Lake Constance and Lech (DuMont art travel guide). DuMont, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1618-6 , p. 124 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[2] Church history Untrasried - parish church St. Sebastian (PDF, 7.23 kB)

[3] Peter Blickle, Heribert Frischmann, Ewald Kohler: 500 years of market Unterthingau 1485-1985. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, 1985, ISBN 3-88006-109-2 , p. 108 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[4] Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese e. V., Volumes 8–9, 1974, p. 152 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[KrKö-5] Anna Köhl, Ralf Lienert: Creative Minds. Streets and their namesake in Kempten . Tobias Dannheimer publishing house, Kempten (Allgäu) 2007, ISBN 978-3-88881-056-5 , p. 70 f .